Thomas Flournoy

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Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (December 15, 1811 - March 12, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Flournoy was educated at Hampden-Sidney College. He engaged as a private teacher. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, Virginia, in 1834.

Flournoy was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress and for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the American Party for Governor in 1855. He served as member of the secession convention in 1861 at Richmond. He entered the Confederate States Army, raised a company of Cavalry, and served as captain. He was promoted to colonel of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry. He was again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1863. He after the war settled in Danville, Virginia, and practiced law. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876. He died at his home in Halifax County, Virginia, March 12, 1883. He was interred in the family plot on his estate.

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• Thomas Flournoy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress