The President today announced his intention to nominate Scott E. Thomas to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 1991. He would succeed Thomas E. Harris.
Since 1983 Mr. Thomas has been Executive Assistant to the Commissioner, Federal Election Commission. Previously, he was Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement, 1980-1983, and an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, 1977-1980, Federal Election Commission.
Mr. Thomas graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1974) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1977). He is married and currently resides in Washington, DC. He was born on March 5, 1953, in Buffalo, NY.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Scott E. Thomas To Be a Member of the Federal Election Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255010