Josiah Thomas (politician)

Josiah Thomas was an Australian politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the inaugural 1901 federal election, representing the Labor Party. Thomas served as a minister in Andrew Fisher's first two governments, as Postmaster-General and Minister for External Affairs (1911–1913). He joined the Nationalist Party after the 1916 Labor split and transferred to the Senate at the 1917 election, serving as a Senator for New South Wales from 1917 to 1923 and from 1925 to 1929.

28 April 1863

Born on the same birth date (28 April 1863): Nikolai von Meck

Born on the same birth day (28 April): Andy Flower • Ann-Margret • Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Bill Blackbeard • Carolyn Cassady • Carolyn Jones • Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême • Denzel Ward • Ferruccio Lamborghini • Frederick I of Sweden • Georgy Voronoy • James Bama • John Madejski • Kurt Gödel • Lois Duncan • Michael Walchhofer • Roger Johnson (footballer) • Sylvestre François Lacroix

Born in the same month (April 1863): Augustus Edward Hough Love • Constantine P. Cavafy • Hemmo Kallio • Ida Freund • Leopold Berchtold • Linton Hope • Mary Theresa Ledóchowska • Nikolai von Meck • Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine • Raul Pompeia • Siegfried Bettmann • William Randolph Hearst