Leroy D. Thoman
Leroy Delano Thoman (July 31, 1851 – April 19, 1909) was an American judge and civil service commissioner.
Thoman was born in Salem, Ohio, July 31, 1851.[1] He was educated in the common schools and became a teacher at the age of sixteen.[2] After five years of teaching, he studied the law and was admitted to the bar.[2] Shortly thereafter, Thoman was appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Ninth Judicial District of Indiana.[1] In January 1873, he resigned his position and moved to Youngstown, Ohio to practice law there, forming a partnership with Isaac A. Justice.[1] In 1875, he was elected county judge of Mahoning County, and remained on the bench for six years.[3] In 1876, he married Mary E. Cripps, but she died that same year.[1]
Thoman became involved with Democratic politics in Ohio and, in 1880, presided over the party's state convention.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. Vol. 1. Cleveland: H.Z. Williams & Bros. 1882. p. 220.
- ^ a b c d e LaTouche, Royal L.; Potter, John Henry (1892). Chicago and its Resources Twenty Years After, 1871-1891. Chicago: Chicago Times Co.
- ^ a b c Annual Report of the American Bar Association. Vol. 34. 1909. p. 613.