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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaThomas Jefferson STEED
(1904-1983)
STEED, Thomas Jefferson, a
Representative from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Rising Star,
Eastland County, Tex., March 2, 1904; attended the public schools
of Konawa, Okla.; connected with Oklahoma daily newspapers for
twenty years, including four years as managing editor of Shawnee
News and Star; enlisted on October 29, 1942, as a private in
Antiaircraft Artillery and released from active duty in May 1944
with rank of second lieutenant; joined Office of War Information
July 1, 1944, and served with information division in India-Burma
Theater until December 1945; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-first and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1949-January 3, 1981); chairman, Committee on Small Business
(Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in
1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; was a resident of Shawnee,
Okla., until his death on June 8, 1983; interment at Resthaven
Cemetery, Shawnee, Okla.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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