Thomas P. Revelle Explained

Birth Date:1868
Death Date:July 5, 1937 (aged 69)
Alma Mater:University of Washington
Birth Place:Maryland
Office:Seattle City Council
Order:Member of
Term End:1911
Term Start:1906
Birth Name:Thomas Plummer Revelle
Honorific Prefix:Reverend
Party:Republican

Reverend Thomas Plummer Revelle (1868  - July 5, 1937) was an American attorney, Republican politician, and preacher, who was a proponent for the founding of Seattle's Pike Place Market.

Biography

Revelle was born in Maryland in 1868, but moved to Seattle in 1898 to serve as a minister at a local Methodist church.[1] He studied law at the University of Washington and became a member of the Washington State Bar Association. He ran for City Council and served from 1906 to 1911.[2] In 1907, he sponored a bill that helped open the Pike Place Market.[3] He ran for Congress in 1910, but lost the election. He served as a United States Attorney for the Western district of Washington.[4] Revelle prosecuted and convicted the former Seattle Police Department official turned bootlegger Roy Olmstead during Prohibition.[5] Revelle also served as an attorney for the Olmstead v. United States case.[6]

Revelle died on July 5, 1937 of heart disease and pneumonia.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . Wedgwood in Seattle . 2023-09-01 . Illuminating Bryant . 2024-02-25 . Wedgwood in Seattle History . en.
  2. Web site: Thomas P. Revelle (1868–1941) . 10 December 2012 . Olmstead v. United States: The Constitutional Challenges of Prohibition Enforcement — Historical Background and Documents . Federal Judicial Center.
  3. Web site: Seattle's Pike Place Market opens on August 17, 1907. . 2024-01-23 . www.historylink.org.
  4. Book: Domestic Engineering and the Journal of Mechanical Contracting . 1927 . 89 . en.
  5. Book: Revelle, Thomas P. . Thomas P. Revelle letter to Senator Wesley Jones regarding the trial of bootlegger Roy Olmstead, January 19, 1928 . United States--Washington (State).
  6. Web site: United States v. Olmstead, 7 F.2d 760 Casetext Search + Citator . 2024-02-25 . casetext.com.
  7. News: 6 July 1937 . THOMAS P. REVELLE, SEATTLE LAWYER; Served as Federal Attorney in State of Washington During Dry Era--Dies at 69 WAS ACTIVE IN WAR WORK Pastor of the First Methodist Church in Seattle, 1900-06Once in City Council . The New York Times.