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Thomas, John Parnell

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Thomas, John Parnell (1895–1970)

US representative. A member of the US House of Representatives (1937–49), he joined the conservative Dies Committee in 1939 and chaired the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (1947–50), punishing ‘unfriendly’ witnesses from Hollywood with prison terms. Indicted for padding his congressional payroll in 1949, he served time in federal prison, then retired to Florida.

Thomas was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. A counterespionage officer during World War I, he sold bonds at Paine Webber (1924–41) before becoming a Republican mayor and New Jersey assemblyman.



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