# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:30.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-thomas"
name: "Elmer Thomas"
slug: "elmer-thomas"
description: "John William Elmer Thomas was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the Lawton area. In 1922, he ran successfully on the Democratic Party ticket for the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1926; he won this race and held the seat until 1950, when he lost the party nomination to Mike Monroney. Thomas returned to a private law practice in Washington, D.C., and in 1957 moved his practice back to Lawton, where he died in 1965."
tagline: "American politician (1876–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oklahoma_Senator._Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_April_19%2C_1939_A_new_informal_picture_of_Senator_Elmer_Thomas%2C_Democrat_of_Oklahoma_LCCN2016875466_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1876-09-08"
deathDate: "1965-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.616956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Elmer Thomas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump