T. C. Humphrey Explained

Thomas C. Humphrey
Office:Judge for Central District of the United States Court for the Indian Territory
Term Start:1904
Term End:November 16, 1907
Appointer:Theodore Roosevelt
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Position disestablished
Office2:Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Term Start2:January 9, 1893
Term End2:January 14, 1895
Predecessor2:Elias W. Rector
Successor2:John C. Colquitt
Office3:Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Term Start3:1893
Term End3:1895
Term Start4:1875
Term End4:1876
Birth Name:Thomas Chauncey Humphrey
Birth Date:20 December 1846
Birth Place:Magazine, Arkansas
Death Place:Hugo, Oklahoma
Party:Republican (after 1900)
Democratic (before 1900)

Thomas Chauncey Humphrey (December 20, 1846  - December 3, 1937) was an American politician and judge who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives, as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, and as a federal judge for Indian Territory.

Biography

Thomas Chauncey Humphrey was born on December 20, 1846, in Magazine, Arkansas. As a teenager, he joined the Confederate States Army and fought at the Battle of Prairie D'Ane and the Battle of Marks' Mills. After the war he worked as a teacher, earned a medical degree, and passed the bar.[1] He served in the 20th Arkansas General Assembly representing White County, Arkansas from November 10, 1874, to December 10, 1875. He also served in the 29th Arkansas General Assembly from January 9, to April 8, 1893 representing Sebastian County, Arkansas.[2] He served as the Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1893 to 1895.[3] About 1900, he moved to Indian Territory and worked as an attorney. He represented Solomon Hotema, a Native American Presbyterian minister convicted of killing several people he believed to be witches. After moving to Indian Territory, he left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican Party. He was appointed to the Central District of the United States Court for the Indian Territory in 1904 by Theodore Roosevelt and served until Oklahoma statehood in 1907. He was a presidential elector for Herbert Hoover's 1928 presidential campaign. He moved to Hugo, Oklahoma after leaving the bench and died on December 3, 1937.

Notes and References

  1. Creel . Von Russell . Fifteen Men in Ermine: Judges of the United States Court for the Indian Territory, 1889-1907 . . Summer 2008 . 86 . 2 . 158-185 . 12 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104106/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Arkansas House Of Representatives. arkansashouse.org. 2015-05-10.