Thomas D. Nicholls
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Thomas David Nicholls(September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an IndependentDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.
Formative years
[edit]Thomas D. Nicholls was born inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniaon September 16, 1870. During his childhood, he and his parents moved toNanticoke, Pennsylvania,where he worked in the area's mines as a boy, studied mining by correspondence and passed a state examination in 1897, after which he was awarded a mine foreman's certificate of competency.
Career
[edit]Subsequently appointed superintendent of mines, he became district president of District No. 1 of theUnited Mine Workers of America.He served in that capacity from 1899 until 1909 when he resigned for health reasons.
Nicholls was elected as an Independent Democrat to theSixtiethandSixty-firstCongresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.
After completing his legislative tenure, he settled on a farm inSomerset County, Maryland,nearPrincess Anneand engaged in the raising ofpoultry,beginning in 1911.
Death and interment
[edit]Nicholls died in Princess Anne on January 19, 1931; he was interred in the Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
Sources
[edit]- 1870 births
- 1931 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- People from the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
- United Mine Workers of America people
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Pennsylvania Independents
- Independent Democrat members of the United States House of Representatives