Thomas Lawson Price (January 19, 1809 – July 15, 1870) was a United States Representative from Missouri.

Thomas L. Price
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 5th district
In office
January 21, 1862 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byJohn William Reid
Succeeded byJoseph W. McClurg
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office
1860–1862
8th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
In office
November 20, 1848 – January 3, 1853
GovernorAustin A. King
Preceded byJames Young
Succeeded byWilson Brown
1st Mayor of Jefferson City, Missouri
In office
1839–1843
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Thomas Lawson Price

(1809-01-19)January 19, 1809
near Danville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJuly 15, 1870(1870-07-15) (aged 61)
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeRiverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician

Biography

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Born near Danville, Virginia, Price attended public schools. He moved to Missouri in 1831 and settled in Jefferson City. He conducted stage lines and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits. He was the first mayor of Jefferson City, serving 1839–1842. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the State senate in 1845. He was commissioned brevet major general of the Sixth Division of Missouri Militia in 1847.

Price was elected the eighth Lieutenant Governor in 1848 and served from November 20, 1848 until January 3, 1853 under Governor Austin A. King. He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1860–1862. He was one of the incorporators of the Capital City Bank and president of the Jefferson Land Co., and actively engaged in the promotion of various railway lines. He became a Brigadier general of Volunteers in 1861 and 1862.

Price was elected as a Democratic Representative to the thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of John William Reid and served from January 21, 1862, to March 3, 1863. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress and an unsuccessful candidate in the 1864 Missouri gubernatorial election. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864 and 1868.

He died in Jefferson City, Missouri, July 15, 1870 at the age of 61. He was interred in a private cemetery. He was reinterred in Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1912.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Thomas L. Price (id: P000532)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri
1864
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
1848–1852
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 5th congressional district

1862–1863
Succeeded by