Craig Thomas

A Representative and a Senator from Wyoming. Born in Cody, Park County, Wyo. , February 17, 1933. Attended public schools. B. A. , University of Wyoming 1955. LLB LaSalle Extension University 1968. Entered the United States Marine Corps as a private 1955, released as a captain 1959. Executive vice president, Wyoming Farm Bureau 1966-1975. Natural resource director, American Farm Bureau 1971-1975. General manager, Wyoming Rural Electric Association 1975-1989. Independent small businessman. State representative, Wyoming 1984-1989. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, April 26, 1989, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard B. Cheney. Reelected to the One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses and served from April 26, 1989, to January 3, 1995. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1994, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1994. Reelected in 2000, and again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013. Died of leukemia at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. On June 4, 2007. Interment in Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyoming.