Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge abva muDare reParamende, Thomas akashanda sekontrakta kwemakore akati wandei, asi akaramba achishingaira mune zvematongerwo enyika. Akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri waKomishina weMvura, Gasi, uye Magetsi muna Ndira 1904, uye nguva pfupi abviswa pachinzvimbo muna Chivabvu akagadzwa kuva Muunganidzi weGuta Revenue uye Superintendent of Markets. Muna 1906, akagadzwa kuva muongorori wezvivakwa muDhipatimendi Rezvemari. Muna 1911, gavhuna weNew York John Alden Dix akamugadza kuva Mutero weNew York. Muna December 1915, Thomas akaitwa mutevedzeri womukuru mukuru, chinzvimbo chaakabata kwoupenyu hwake hwose. Thomas akashandawo senhume kuDemocratic National Convention ya1912 na1916
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