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DALE, Thomas Henry (1846-1912)

Republican of Pennsylvania

10th congressional district

Served in House 1905-1907

Total roll-call votes cast: 92

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Daleville, Lackawanna County, Pa., June 12, 1846; attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in 1863; after discharge from the service engaged in business as a coal operator; also engaged in the wholesale beef business; interested in various other business enterprises in Scranton, Pa.; instrumental in organizing the Scranton Board of Trade and was its president for several terms; chairman of the Republican county committee for several years; prothonotary of Lackawanna County 1882-1892; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress; president of the Anthracite Trust Co., Scranton, Pa.; died in Daleville, Pa., August 21, 1912; interment in Dunmore Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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