| Thomas H. Averett | |
| State: | Virginia |
| District: | 3rd |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1849 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1853 |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Flournoy |
| Successor: | John Caskie |
| Office2: | Member of the Virginia Senate for Mecklenburg and Halifax |
| Term Start2: | December 4, 1848 |
| Term End2: | March 1849 |
| Predecessor2: | Richard H. Baptist |
| Successor2: | Tucker Carrington |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Hamlet Averett |
| Birth Date: | July 10, 1800 |
| Birth Place: | Halifax County, Virginia |
| Death Place: | Halifax County, Virginia |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Battles: | War of 1812 |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Rank: | Served as drummer boy |
| Alma Mater: | Jefferson Medical College |
Thomas Hamlet Averett (July 10, 1800 – June 30, 1855) was a slave owner[1] and U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born near Halifax, Virginia, Averett attended the common schools.He served as a drummer boy in the War of 1812.
He studied medicine. He was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practiced in Halifax and the adjacent counties.
He served in the State senate in 1848 and 1849.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.
Averett was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). During that time, he was responsible for future Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart's appointment to attend West Point.[2]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1852.He resumed the practice of medicine in Halifax County.He died near Halifax Court House, Virginia, June 30, 1855.He was interred in the family burial ground near Halifax Court House.