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  Carter, Thomas H.
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NameThomas H. Carter
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Helena, Montana , United States
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Born October 30, 1854
DiedSeptember 17, 1911 (56 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Aug 19, 2015 05:21am
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InfoCARTER, Thomas Henry, a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Montana; born near Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, October 30, 1854; moved with his parents to Pana, Ill.; attended the common schools in Illinois; engaged in farming, school teaching, and railroading; at the same time studied law and was admitted to the bar; in 1882 moved from Burlington, Iowa, to Helena, Mont.

Delegate (R-MT) 1889

US House (R-MT) 1889-1891; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Fifty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate in 1890 for reelection.

Commissioner of the General Land Office 1891-1892

Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1892

US Senate (R-MT) 1895-1901; chairman, Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on the Census (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses).

Appointed by President William McKinley a member of the board of commissioners of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and served as its president.

US Senate (R-MT) 1905-1911; not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Sixty-first Congress).

Chairman of the United States section of the International Joint Commission created to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada from March 1911 until his death in Washington, D.C., September 17, 1911; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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  11/04/1904 MT US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1894 MT US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  00/00/1892 RNC Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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  11/06/1888 MT Territorial Delegate - Final Election Won 56.20% (+12.81%)
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