Thomas R. Mitchell

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell

| image name =

| birth_date = {{birth date text|May 1783}}

| birth_place = Georgetown, South Carolina

|death_date = {{death date and age|1837|11|2|1783|5}}

|death_place = Georgetown, South Carolina

|state1 = South Carolina

|district1 = 3rd

|term_start3 = March 4, 1821

|term_end3 = March 3, 1823

|predecessor3 = James Ervin

|successor3 = Robert B. Campbell

|term_start2 = March 4, 1825

|term_end2 = March 3, 1829

|predecessor2 = Robert B. Campbell

|successor2 = John Campbell

|term_start1 = March 4, 1831

|term_end1 = March 3, 1833

|predecessor1 = John Campbell

|successor1 = Thomas Singleton

|office4 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Georgetown District

|term_start4 = November 28, 1814

|term_end4 = December 18, 1819

|office5 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Horry District

|term5 = November 29, 1809 – December 19, 1809

| party = Democratic-Republican

|otherparty = Jacksonian

|profession = lawyer, politician

|alma_mater = Harvard University

}}

Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (May 1783{{spnd}}November 2, 1837) was an early-19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Biography

Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, in May 1783, Mitchell graduated from Harvard University in 1802, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Georgetown, South Carolina.

= State legislature =

He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1809 and from 1814 to 1819.

= Congress =

Mitchell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress. He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress.

He was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831– March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.