Thomas Plummer Revelle (1868 – July 5, 1937) was an American attorney, Republican politician, and preacher, who was a proponent member in the founding of Seattle's Pike Place Market.
Biography
Revelle was born in Maryland in 1868, but moved to Seattle in 1898 to serve as a minister at a local Methodist church.[1] He studied law at the University of Washington and became a member of the Washington State Bar Association. He ran for City Council and served from 1906 to 1911.[2] In 1907, he sponored a bill that helped open the Pike Place Market.[1][3] He ran for Congress in 1910, but lost the election. He served as a United States Attorney for the Western district of Washington.[4] Revelle helped prosecute and convict bootlegger Roy Olmstead,[5] serving as an attorney for the Olmstead v. United States case.[6]
Revelle died on July 5, 1937, aged 69, of heart disease and pneumonia.[7]
References
- ^ a b History, Wedgwood in Seattle (2023-09-01). "Illuminating Bryant". Wedgwood in Seattle History. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Thomas P. Revelle (1868–1941)". Olmstead v. United States: The Constitutional Challenges of Prohibition Enforcement — Historical Background and Documents. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Seattle's Pike Place Market opens on August 17, 1907". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Domestic Engineering and the Journal of Mechanical Contracting. 1927. p. 89.
- ^ Revelle, Thomas P. Thomas P. Revelle letter to Senator Wesley Jones regarding the trial of bootlegger Roy Olmstead, January 19, 1928. United States--Washington (State).
- ^ "United States v. Olmstead, 7 F.2d 760 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "THOMAS P. REVELLE, SEATTLE LAWYER; Served as Federal Attorney in State of Washington During Dry Era--Dies at 69 WAS ACTIVE IN WAR WORK Pastor of the First Methodist Church in Seattle, 1900-06Once in City Council". The New York Times. 6 July 1937.
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