[a] He served as city attorney in Stroud, Oklahoma, where he resided from 1911 to 1918.
He served as a justice of the Oklahoma state supreme court (1925-1935).
Harlow's 1930 book lists him under Lincoln County at that time.
[1] Thomas died at his home in Oklahoma City on September 10, 1942.
He also was a member of the American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows and Lions.