Thomas Rader

Thomas Bogle Rader (December 25, 1859 - June 14, 1904) was a politician and businessman of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Thomas Bogle Rader
Mayor of Jeffersonville
In office
January 1, 1898 – December 31, 1902
Preceded byIsaac F. Whitside
Succeeded byAbraham Schwaninger
Personal details
BornDecember 25, 1859
Henryville, Indiana
DiedJune 14, 1904
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

Rader was born in Henryville, Indiana. He began teaching at the young age of sixteen and did so until he became twenty-one years old.[1] He then became Deputy County Treasurer of Clark County in 1878, and moved to Jeffersonville. Four years later he worked as a clerk in the auditor's office for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He married Lottie Butterfoss in 1882.[1][2] In 1888 he resigned from the railroad to go into real-estate and insurance business for himself in Jeffersonville. In 1898 Thomas Rader defeated Republican incumbent Isaac F. Whitside for mayor of Jeffersonville.[2] Rader served as mayor for one term, and was defeated by Abraham Schwaninger in 1902.[3] Later that year he was appointed to as the County Treasurer by the Board of Commissioners following the resignation of the incumbent treasurer.[2] He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and a past master of Freemasonry lodge Jeffersonville Lodge #340. [4]

Thomas Rader died of Bright's disease in 1904.

See also

References
  1. Bio of Thomas B. Rader
  2. RootsWeb: INWELLS-L Thomas B. RADER 1859-1904 Obituary
  3. Kleber, John E. Encyclopedia of Louisville. (University Press of Kentucky). pg.443.
  4. Baird, Lewis. Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana, (1909) pg.222, 216


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