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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John Thomas |
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Gooding, Idaho , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 04, 1874
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| Died | November 10, 1945
(71 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Sep 12, 2016 01:07am |
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| Info | Senator from Idaho; born on a farm in Phillips County, Kans., January 4, 1874; attended the rural schools and the Central Normal College at Great Bend, Kans.; taught school, serving as superintendent of schools of Phillips County, Kans., 1898-1903; register of land office at Colby, Kans., 1906-1909; moved to Gooding, Idaho, in 1909; engaged in banking and livestock business; mayor of Gooding 1917-1919; member of the Republican National Committee 1925-1933; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank R. Gooding and served from June 30, 1928, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932; chairman, Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses); resumed former business pursuits; again appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Borah; reelected in 1942, and served from January 27, 1940, until his death in Washington, D.C., November 10, 1945; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
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