Thomas B. Fletcher

Thomas B. Fletcher (1910)

Thomas Brooks Fletcher (born October 10, 1879 in Mechanicstown , Carroll County , Ohio , †  July 1, 1945 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1929 and again from 1933 to 1939 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Fletcher attended public schools in his home country, a private school in Augusta , the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cleveland, and Mount Union College in Alliance , which he graduated from in 1900. He then worked until 1922 for various newspapers in Ohio as an employee, editor and publisher. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1924 congressional election , Fletcher was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Ohio, where he succeeded Republican R. Clint Cole on March 4, 1925 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1929 . In 1928 he was defeated by Republican Grant E. Mouser . In the elections of 1932 Fletcher was re-elected to Congress in the eighth district of his state, where he replaced Mouser on March 4, 1933. After two re-elections, he was able to spend three more terms in the US House of Representatives until January 3, 1939. From 1935 to 1939 he was chairman of the Election Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives ; since 1937 he also headed the Committee on the Census . Since 1933, many of the federal government's New Deal laws have been passed in Congress under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1938, Fletcher was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he gave lectures and became involved in the Chautauqua movement . In 1942 he tried unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in Washington on July 1, 1945 and was buried in Mechanicstown, his birthplace.

Web links

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• Thomas B. Fletcher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas B. Fletcher in the database of Find a Grave (English)