Ormsby B. Thomas

Ormsby Brunson Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Thomas was born in Sandgate, Vermont, and he moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1836. He attended the common schools and Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont. He was graduated from the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York. In 1856 he began practicing law in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He then served as district attorney of Crawford County, Wisconsin. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War as captain of Company D, Thirtyfirst Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

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