Title: Thomas Hinds
Content:  Thomas Hinds (January 9, 1780August 23, 1840) was an American soldier and politician from the state of Mississippi, who served in the United States Congress from 1828 to 1831. A hero of the War of 1812, Hinds is best known today as the namesake of Hinds County.
Title: Thomas Hinds
Content:  Thomas Hinds was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, (now part of West Virginia), on January 9, 1780. He would later move to (Old) Greenville in Jefferson County, Mississippi, where he was appointed justice and assessor of the county in 1805. Hinds was made a member of the Mississippi Territorial Council in 1806, remaining in that position until 1808.
Title: John Thomas Hinds
Content:  John Thomas Hinds (1866–1938) was a gospel preacher, teacher and evangelist for the Churches of Christ. From 1934 until his death in 1938 he was the editor of the Gospel Advocate. A year before his death in 1937, he published his own commentary on the Book of Revelation. John T. Hinds is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Title: Thomas Hinds
Content:  Hinds died on August 23, 1840, in Jefferson County, Mississippi. He was sixty years old at the time of his death. During his lifetime Hinds was regarded as the leading military hero of Mississippi. He was remembered by Congressman J.F.H. Claiborne as having been "beloved by his troops, and one of the most intrepid men that ever lived." Hinds County, Mississippi, home of the state capital, was named in his honor.
Title: John Hinds (politician)
Content:  Hinds was born at Cwnin Farm near Carmarthen. He was the son of William Hinds and Mary née Jones. He was apprenticed as a draper to his uncle who had a business in Carmarthen Town. In 1887 he moved to Blackheath in the south eastern suburbs of London where he founded the highly successful drapery firm of Hinds and Company. At various times he held the offices of chairman of the Drapers’ Fire Insurance Corporation and president of the Drapers’ Chamber of Trade.
Title: Samuel S. Hinds
Content:  Hinds was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joseph E. Hinds and Mary A. Beetham Hinds. He was the great-grandson of poet Robert Southey. His father was the president of the United States Playing Card Company, He was a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard Law School, and New York University Law School and worked for over 32 years as a lawyer before becoming a professional actor. After he lost most of his money in the financial crisis of 1929, Hinds retired as a lawyer and joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse. He started acting in Broadway shows at age 54.
Title: Thomas Hinds
Content:  In August 1819 Hinds ran for Governor of Mississippi against George Poindexter but was soundly defeated, garnering only 38% of the vote behind Poindexter's 62%. (Mrs. Hinds had died in late June of the same year, at age 28.) Hinds was elected to the Mississippi Legislature in 1823. Following the resignation of William Haile on September 12, 1828, he was elected to the 20th Congress to complete his term. He later won re-election and held that position until March 3, 1831. Thomas was married to Lemenda Green, daughter of Congressman Thomas M. Green.
Title: Hinds (surname)
Content:  Erik Hinds (born 1972), musician from Georgia, U.S.A. ; Lesley Hinds, politician from Scotland ; Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby international ; Martin Hinds (1941&ndash;1988), historian who specialised in early Islam ; Mavis Hinds (1929–2009), English meteorologist ; Richard Hinds (born 1980), footballer ; Richard Brinsley Hinds (1811-1846), British naval surgeon, botanist and malacologist ; Ryan Hinds (born 1981), cricketer from Barbados ; Sam Hinds (born 1943), Prime Minister of Guyana from 1999 ; Sam Hinds (baseball) (born 1953), Major League Baseball player ; Samuel S. Hinds (1875&ndash;1948), American actor ; Taylor Hinds (born 1999), English women's footballer ; Thomas Hinds (1780&ndash;1840), politician from Mississippi ; Wavell Hinds (born 1976), cricketer from Jamaica ; William Hinds (1887&ndash;1957), entrepreneur, jeweller, comedian and film studio owner Hinds is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: 
Title: Damian Hinds
Content:  Hinds was educated at St. Ambrose College, a Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic Grammar school in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester. Hinds read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Trinity College, University of Oxford, attaining a first class degree. He served as President of the Oxford Union. He stood in Stretford and Urmston at the 2005 general election, coming second to incumbent MP Beverley Hughes, gaining 30.4% of the vote (an increase for the Conservative Party of 3.3%). Before becoming an MP, Hinds spent 18 years working in the pubs/brewing and hotel industries, in Britain and abroad. Hinds was chairman of the Bow Group in 2001–02.
Title: Thomas Hinds
Content:  Hinds was commissioned as a cavalry lieutenant in October 1805, gaining promotion to major in September 1813, during the War of 1812. His forces participated with distinction in the Battle of Pensacola (1814) and the Battle of New Orleans (1814&ndash;1815), under the command of General Andrew Jackson. Late in 1815, following the death of General Ferdinand Claiborne, Hinds was promoted by President James Madison as Brigadier General of the Mississippi territorial militia. He was continued as the highest officer of the Mississippi militia in the rank of Major general following statehood (late 1817), resigning this position in December 1819.

Question: What is Thomas Hinds's occupation?
Answer: politician.
political leader.
political figure.
polit.
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