Birthname: | Thomas Withers Chinn |
Thomas W. Chinn | |
State: | Louisiana |
District: | 2nd |
Term: | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Preceded: | Eleazer Wheelock Ripley |
Succeeded: | John Bennett Dawson |
Birth Date: | November 20, 1791 |
Birth Place: | Cynthiana, Kentucky |
Death Place: | West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
Restingplace: | Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge |
Party: | Whig |
Thomas Withers Chinn (November 20, 1791 – May 22, 1852) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana, serving one term as a Whig from 1839 to 1841.
He was also U.S. minister to the Two Sicilies.
Chinn was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, in Harrison County and later moved to Louisiana. He was a founding board member of the Metairie Race Course.[1]
He died on his plantation in West Baton Rouge Parish. He is now buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge.