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| name=Thomas Fitzgerald<br />
| image name=Thomas Fitzgerald.jpg<br />
| jr/sr1=United States Senator<br />
| state1=[[Michigan]]<br />
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]<br />
| term1=June 8, 1848 &ndash; March 3, 1849<br />
| appointed1=[[Epaphroditus Ransom]]<br />
| preceded1=[[Lewis Cass]]<br />
| succeeded1=[[Lewis Cass]]<br />
| office2=Member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]]<br />
| term2=1821<br>1825-1827<br />
| office3=Member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]]<br />
| term3=1839<br />
| birth_date={{birth date|1796|4|10}}<br />
| birth_place=[[Germantown (town), New York|Germantown, New York]]<br />
| death_date={{death date and age|1855|3|25|1796|4|10}}<br />
| death_place=[[Niles, Michigan]]<br />
| spouse=<br />
| profession=[[Politician]], [[Lawyer]], [[Judge]], [[Teacher]], [[Lighthouse keeper]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Thomas Fitzgerald''' (April 10, 1796{{spaced ndash}}March 25, 1855) was an American politician who served as a judge and state legislator in both [[Indiana]] and [[Michigan]], and as a [[United States senator]] from Michigan. <!-- The congressional bioguide and some other sources also report that he was born in "Germantown, Herkimer County, N.Y."; however, there is currently no Germantown in Herkimer County. It might be the town of German, New York in Chenango County, which was formed in 1798 from a part of Herkimer County. Or it could be the town of German Flatts which is in Herkimer County. --><br />
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Fitzgerald was born in Germantown, in [[Herkimer County, New York]]. His father was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[immigrant]], and fought with the [[Continental Army]], was wounded and received a pension. Thomas received a common school education and fought with the [[U.S. Army]] the [[War of 1812]]. He was severely wounded and afterwards taught school for a time in [[Marcellus (village), New York|Marcellus, New York]]. In 1819 he moved to [[Boonville, Indiana]], where he taught school and studied law. He was admitted to the [[bar association|bar]] in 1821 and began a practice in Boonville. He was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1821 and from 1825 to 1827. He was a probate judge in Indiana in 1829.<br />
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In 1832, Fitzgerald was appointed keeper of the lighthouse at the mouth of the [[St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)|St. Joseph River]] and moved to [[St. Joseph, Michigan]]. He was clerk of [[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien County]] in 1834 and a regent of the [[University of Michigan]] in 1837.<br />
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He was appointed bank commissioner in 1838 to investigate what were called "wildcat" banks and served in the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] in 1839. He ran unsuccessfully for [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan|lieutenant governor]] in 1839 and was appointed as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Lewis Cass]], serving in the [[30th Congress]] from June 8, 1848 until March 3, 1849.<br />
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He moved to [[Niles, Michigan]] in 1851 and served as probate judge of Berrien County from 1852 to 1855. He died in Niles and is interred in Silverbrook Cemetery.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Find a Grave|7423798}}<br />
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| before=[[Lewis Cass]]<br />
| after=[[Lewis Cass]]<br />
| alongside=[[Alpheus Felch]]<br />
| years=June 8, 1848 &ndash; March 3, 1849<br />
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