Thomas Hedge

Thomas Hedge

Thomas Hedge (born June 24, 1844 in Burlington , Iowa , † November 28, 1920 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1907 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Hedge attended public schools in his home country including the Denmark Academy . He then studied until 1861 at the Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ). During the civil war he made it to lieutenant in an infantry unit . After the war, he continued his education at Yale College until 1867 . After a subsequent law degree at Columbia University's law school in New York and his admission to the bar in 1869, he began his new job in Burlington to work in a group practice.

Hedge was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1898 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded Samuel M. Clark on March 4, 1899 . After three re-elections he was able to complete four consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1907 . In 1906 he declined to run again.

After his time in the House of Representatives, Thomas Hedge returned to work as a lawyer. He died in November 1920 in his native Burlington.

Web links

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

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