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Thomas, Lera M. "Mrs. Albert"
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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Lera M. "Mrs. Albert" Thomas |
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Houston, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 03, 1900
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| Died | July 23, 1993
(92 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Sep 07, 2015 03:33am |
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| Info | THOMAS, Lera Millard, (wife of Albert Thomas), a Representative from Texas; born Lera Millard, August 3, 1900, in Nacogdoches, Tex.; attended Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga., and the University of Alabama; member of the Houston League of Women Voters; first woman elected to Congress from the State of Texas; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Albert Thomas, and served from March 26, 1966, until January 3, 1967; was not a candidate for renomination; special liaison for the Houston Chronicle to members of the armed services in Vietnam, 1968; was a resident of Nacogdoches, Tex., until her death there on July 23, 1993; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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