Thomas Evans ('' ca.'' 1755February 12, 1815) was an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from

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Biography

Born in

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, Evans attended the

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the

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in 1780, 1781 and from 1794 to 1796. Evans was later elected a Federalist to the

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in 1796, serving from 1797 to 1801. There, he was appointed one of the managers to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Tennessee Senator

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in 1798. In 1802, Evans moved to Wheeling, Virginia (now

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) and once again became a member of the House of Delegates, serving in 1805 and 1806. He died in 1815.

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1750s births 1815 deaths People from Accomack County, Virginia Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Virginia lawyers College of William & Mary alumni Politicians from Wheeling, West Virginia Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Lawyers from Wheeling, West Virginia House impeachment managers {{Virginia-Representative-stub