Thomas Caruthers (c. 1818–1867), also spelled as Thomas Carothers, was an American politician who served in the

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for the counties of

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, Montgomery and

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, for the period 1847–1849. His committee assignments were Claims and Accounts, County Boundaries, Jury Fund and Post Routes Born in

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, his parents were Tom and Elizabeth. His income was derived from his business of cattle and farming. Prior to serving in the state legislature, he was a local justice of the peace. During the

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, Caruthers was in charge of the

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. He was a cousin to Sam Houston and named as one of the executors responsible for compiling the inventory of Houston's estate.

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1810s births 1867 deaths Members of the Texas House of Representatives 19th-century American legislators {{Texas-bio-stub