Thomas A. Sykes
African-American politician and tax official
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| Intro | African-American politician and tax official | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| is | Politician | ||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||
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| Birth | North Carolina, USA | ||||
| Politics: | Republican Party | ||||
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Thomas A. Sykes (born c. 1835) was an American politician and tax official. An African-American, he was born into slavery. After the Civil War, he served as a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for four one-year terms (1868–1872) and as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for one two-year term (1881–82). He represented Shelby County, Tennessee. He also served as a revenue collector and gauger. He lived in Nashville.