Thomas Chipman McRae
| Thomas Chipman McRae | |
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| 26th Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Hillman Brough |
| Succeeded by | Tom Jefferson Terral |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district |
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In office December 7, 1885 – March 3, 1903 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Hugh A. Dinsmore |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
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In office 1877-1879 |
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| Born | December 21, 1851 Mount Holly, Arkansas |
| Died | June 2, 1929 (aged 77) Prescott, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Chipman McRae (December 21, 1851 – June 2, 1929) was an attorney and politician from Arkansas. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (1885 to 1903) and the 26th Governor of Arkansas, from 1921 to 1925.
Thomas Chipman McRae, the eldest of five siblings, was born to Duncan L. and Mary Ann (Chipman) McRae on December 21, 1851, at Mount Holly in Union County, Arkansas. He attended Soule Business College in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated with a law degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He passed the Arkansas bar in 1873, and began his practice at Rosston in Nevada County, Arkansas. He married Amelia Ann White in December 1874, with whom he would go on to have six daughters and three sons. On May 19, 1877, Nevada County voters elected to move the county seat from Rosston, and construct a new courthouse in the newly created railroad town of Prescott. McRae relocated his family there to be closer to his center of business.
In 1874, McRae was appointed to the post of Election Commissioner in Arkansas. From 1877 to 1879, he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and was a presidential elector in 1880. In 1884, 1896, and 1900, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and served as president of the convention twice. From 1888 to 1902 he was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. From 1885 to 1903, McRae served in the United States House of Representatives.
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