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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonThomas H. TONGUE
(1844-1903)
TONGUE, Thomas H., a
Representative from Oregon; born in Lincolnshire, England, June 23,
1844; attended the public schools in England; immigrated to the
United States with his parents, who settled in Washington County,
Oreg., November 23, 1859; attended Tualatin (Wash.) Academy, and
was graduated from the Pacific University, Forest Grove, Washington
County, Oreg., in 1868; moved to Hillsboro, Washington County,
Oreg., in 1868; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and
commenced practice in Hillsboro; chairman of the Republican State
convention in 1890; served in the State senate 1888-1892; delegate
to the Republican National Convention in 1892; again chairman of
the Republican State convention, in 1894; elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses and
served from March 4, 1897, until his death; chairman, Committee on
Irrigation of Arid Lands (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh
Congresses); had been reelected to the Fifty-eighth Congress; died
in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1903; interment in the private
family cemetery adjoining the Masonic Cemetery at Hillsboro,
Oreg.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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