Thomas B. Florence Explained

Thomas B. Florence
Image Name:Thomas Birch Florence.jpg
State:Pennsylvania
District:1st
Term Start:March 4, 1851
Term End:March 3, 1861
Preceded:Lewis Charles Levin
Succeeded:William Eckart Lehman
Birth Date:26 January 1812
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting Place:Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Thomas Birch Florence (January 26, 1812 – July 3, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Thomas B. Florence born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned the hatter's trade and engaged in that business in 1833. He was engaged in the newspaper business. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1846 and 1848.

Florence was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses. After leaving Congress edited and published the Constitutional Union in Washington, D.C., and subsequently became the proprietor of the Sunday Gazette.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in his old district for election in 1868 and in 1874. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1875. He was originally buried in Monument Cemetery in Philadelphia which was closed in 1956 and his remains moved to Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Florence, Thomas Birch 1812-1875 . www.bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 25 October 2022.