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Although Thomas initially backed statehood for the Oklahoma and Indian Territories separately, he subsequently changed his mind in advocating for them to become a single new U.S. state due to the belief that congressional Republicans would oppose allowing for an addition four Democrat U.S. senators.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/>
Although Thomas initially backed statehood for the Oklahoma and Indian Territories separately, he subsequently changed his mind in advocating for them to become a single new U.S. state due to the belief that congressional Republicans would oppose allowing for an addition four Democrat U.S. senators.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/>
===Death===
While working in a penitentiary in mid-January 1914, a violent prison escape broke out and Thomas was among those killed by the convicts.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/> He was initially interred at Green Hill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahoma, though the burial location was later moved to [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
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