Norman Thomas
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| Born | Norman Mattoon Thomas November 20th, 1884 Marion, Ohio, United States |
| 33rd President of the United States | |
| In Office | March 4th, 1933 - |
| Vice President | John S. Reed |
| 43rd Governor of New York | |
| In Office | January 1st, 1926 - December 31st, 1928 |
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Norman Mattoon Thomas is the current president of the United States, serving since March 4th, 1937. Thomas previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 43rd governor for two years.
Early Years
Thomas was the oldest of six children, born November 20, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, to Emma Williams (née Mattoon) and Weddington Evans Thomas, a Presbyterian minister. Thomas had an uneventful Midwestern childhood and adolescence, helping to put himself through Marion High School as a paper carrier for the Marion Daily Star. The summer after he graduated from high school his father accepted a pastorate at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, which allowed Norman to attend Bucknell University. He left Bucknell after one year to attend Princeton University, the beneficiary of the largesse of a wealthy uncle by marriage. Thomas graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1905.
After some settlement house work and a trip around the world, Thomas decided to follow in his father's footsteps and enrolled in Union Theological Seminary. He graduated and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. After assisting the Rev. Henry Van Dyke at the fashionable Brick Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, Thomas was appointed pastor of the East Harlem Presbyterian Church, ministering to Italian-American Protestants.
Socialist Politics
Governor of New York (1926-1928)
Presidency (1933-)
Thomas was sworn in as president on March 4, 1933. His cabinet reflected his desire to balance the inner factions of his party, and to represent a variety of tendencies of socialist thought.
| Thomas Cabinet | ||
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| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Norman Thomas | 1933 - |
| Vice President | John S. Reed | 1933 - |
| Secretary of State | 1933 - | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | 1933 - | |
| Secretary of War | 1933 - | |
| Attorney General | Joseph A. Padway | 1933 - |
| Postmaster General | Upton Sinclair | 1933 - |
| Secretary of the Navy | 1933 - | |
| Secretary of the Interior | 1933 - | |
| Secretary of Agriculture | John A. Simpson | 1933 - |
| Secretary of Commerce | Maximillian S. Hayes | 1933 - |
| Secretary of Labor | 1933 - | |