Thomas Frank Marshall

Thomas Frank Marshall (born March 7, 1854 in Hannibal , Missouri , † August 20, 1921 in Detroit Lakes , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1909 he represented the first constituency of the state of North Dakota in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and advancement

Thomas Marshall attended the public schools and the State Normal School in Platteville ( Wisconsin ). In 1873 he dropped out of school two months before the final exam. 40 years later he received his diploma. Marshall became a land surveyor and worked as such in Yankton in the Dakota Territory . He was also involved in trading there. In 1882 he moved to Columbia , what is now North Dakota, where he got into banking. After moving again in 1886 to Oakes , Dickey County , he also worked there in banking and land surveying.

Political career

Thomas Marshall was a member of the Republican Party . He was Mayor of the City of Oakes from 1888 to 1892 and was a member of the North Dakota Senate from 1896 to 1900 . In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention . In the congressional elections of 1900, Thomas Marshall was elected to the US House of Representatives to succeed Burleigh F. Spalding . After several re-elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress between March 4, 1901 and March 3, 1909. In his last term, he was chairman of the committee that deals with private land claims ( Private Land Claims ) concerned. In 1908 he decided not to be re-elected. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . His seat in the House of Representatives went to Louis Benjamin Hanna .

Another résumé

After retiring from Washington , Marshall returned to banking. He died in his summer residence in Minnesota in 1921 and was buried in Oakes.

Web links

• Thomas Frank Marshall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Frank Marshall in the database of Find a Grave (English)