Thomas F. Cassels | |
Birth Name: | Thomas Frank Cassels |
Office: | Tennessee House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 1881 |
Term End: | 1882 |
Birth Place: | Berlin Crossroads, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Memphis, Tennessee |
Death Cause: | tuberculosis |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Emma Frances Lett |
Thomas Frank Cassels (– April 2, 1903) was an attorney and politician in Memphis, Tennessee who served a term in the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 42nd General Assembly (1881–1882).[1] A Republican, he represented Shelby County, Tennessee.
He was the first African-American admitted to the bar association in Memphis. He represented Ida B. Wells in her lawsuit against C&O Railroad. He served as Assistant Attorney General in Memphis and was a presidential elector in 1888.[2]