Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya bar Majalisar, Thomas ya yi aiki a matsayin dan kwangila na shekaru da yawa, amma ya kasance mai aiki a cikin siyasa na gida. An nada shi Mataimakin Kwamishinan Bayar da Ruwa, Gas, da Wutar Lantarki a watan Janairun 1904, kuma jim kaɗan bayan an cire shi daga mukamin a watan Mayu an nada shi Mai karɓar Haraji na Birni da Sufeto na Kasuwa. A shekara ta 1906, an nada shi mai kimanta dukiya don Ma'aikatar Kudi. A shekara ta 1911, gwamnan New York John Alden Dix ya nada shi Kwamishinan Haraji na New York. A watan Disamba na 1915, an sanya Thomas a matsayin mataimakin sheriff, matsayin da ya riƙe har ƙarshen rayuwarsa. Thomas ya kuma yi hidima a matsayin wakili a Taron Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Dimokuraɗiyya na shekara ta 1912 da 1916
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