Thomas Sammons (October 1, 1762 – November 20, 1838) was a

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. The son of Sampson Sammons and Rachel Schoomaker, Sammons was born in

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. He attended the rural schools, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a delegate to the

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of 1801, and served as lieutenant, captain, and major in the State militia. Sammons was elected as a

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es, holding office from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1807. He was elected as a

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, and as a Democratic-Republican to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1813. Afterwards he resumed his agricultural pursuits and died on the Sammons homestead in Montgomery County (near Johnstown). Interment was on the homestead in the Simeon Sammons Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sammons, Thomas 1762 births 1838 deaths People from Ulster County, New York New York (state) Federalists Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives

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