Thomas C. Barret

{{use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas C. Barret | image = Thomas Charles Barret.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Thomas Charles Barret | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|03|30}} | birth_place = [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]], Texas | death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|03|17|1860|03|30}} | death_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], Louisiana | other_names = | occupation = Lawyer, politician | spouse = | children = | awards = | education = {{Plainlist| * [[Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] * [[Tulane University]] * [[Louisiana State University]] }} | signature = Signature of Thomas Charles Barret.png | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | office1 = [[Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana]] | term_start1 = 1912 | term_end1 = 1916 | office2 = Member of the [[Louisiana State Senate]] | term_start2 = 1896 | term_end2 = 1912 }} '''Thomas Charles Barret''' (March 30, 1860 – March 17, 1922) was an American politician. Between 1912 and 1916 he served as the [[lieutenant governor of Louisiana]].

==Life== Thomas Barret was born in [[Nacogdoches, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4Q6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA505 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=IX |publisher=James T. White & Company |pages=505–506 |year=1907 |access-date=2020-11-07 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He studied at the [[Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]], the [[Tulane University]] and the [[Louisiana State University]]. In the 1880s he settled in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] where he practiced as a lawyer. In addition he got involved in the real estate business. Politically he joined the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He became a member of the [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo Parish]] school board and for a while he served as the treasurer of that Parish. Between 1896 and 1912 Barret held a seat in the [[Louisiana State Senate]], where he became President Pro Tempore in 1908.

In 1912 he was elected to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He served in this position between 1912 and 1916. In this function he was the deputy of Governor [[Luther E. Hall]] and he presided over the State Senate. After the end of his term he did not hold any other political offices. He died at his home in Shreveport on March 17, 1922.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43791704/the-times/ |title=Thomas C. Barret Dies As Result Of Service |newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] |page=1 |date=1922-03-17 |access-date=2020-11-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Findagrave|63741673}} * [http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/barrettc.txt Online Biography]

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Paul M. Lambremont]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana]]|years=1912-1916}} {{s-aft|after=[[Fernand Mouton]]}} {{s-end}}

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