Albert Richard Thomas

This article is about the US Congressman. For the article on the French Socialist and First Director of the International Labour Organisation see Albert Thomas (minister). Albert Richard Thomas (April 12, 1898 - February 15, 1966) was a Democratic Congressman from Houston, Texas for 29 years and was responsible for bringing the Johnson Space Center to Houston. Thomas was born in Nacogdoches, Texas on April 12, 1898 to Lonnie (Langston) and James Thomas. He attended local schools, worked in his father’s store, and served as a Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I before graduating from the Rice Institute and the University of Texas Law School. He married Lera Millard. Thomas was admitted to the bar in 1927, and he...