John W. E. Thomas
(1847-1899)
American politician
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John William Edinburgh Thomas ( May 1, 1847 – December 18, 1899) was an American businessman, educator, and Illinois politician, active in the mid to late nineteenth century. Born into slavery in Alabama, he moved to Chicago after the Civil War, where he became a prominent community leader. In 1876 he became the first African American elected to the Illinois General Assembly. Thomas was instrumental in passage of Illinois' first anti-discrimination in public accommodations law, which he introduced in 1885.
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1 May 1847 Montgomery, Alabama
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18 December 1899 (aged 52) Chicago, Illinois
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