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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MontanaTom STOUT
(1879-1965)
STOUT, Tom, a
Representative from Montana; born in New London, Ralls County, Mo.,
May 20, 1879; attended the common schools, Warrenburg (Mo.) State
Normal School, and the University of Missouri at Columbia; taught
school; studied law; was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1901 but
did not practice; moved to Lewistown, Mont., in 1902; engaged in
the newspaper business and was editor and publisher of the Fergus
County Democrat 1902-1916 and the Lewistown Democrat News
1916-1946; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908
and to all State conventions from 1904 to 1946; member of the State
senate of Montana 1911-1913; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3,
1917); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the
Interior (Sixty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1916; member of the Montana Public Service
commission 1930-1932; elected to the State house of representatives
in 1942, 1944, and 1946; editorial writer for the Billings (Mont.)
Gazette from 1947 to 1960; resided in Billings, Mont., until his
death there on December 26, 1965; interment in Mountview
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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