Thomas H. Tongue

Thomas H. Tongue ( born June 23, 1844 in Lincolnshire, England; † January 11, 1903 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1903 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

Thomas Tongue attended the public schools of his native land and emigrated in 1859 with his parents to America. The family settled in Washington County in Oregon down. In his new home, Thomas continued his education at the Tualatin Academy. He then studied at the Pacific University. After studying law and his 1870 was admitted to the bar he began in Hillsboro to work in his new profession. At the same time he worked as a farmer and rancher.

Tongue was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1882 and 1883, and from 1886 to 1887 he was mayor of Hillsboro. After that, he was from 1888 to 1892 the Senate of Oregon. In 1890 and 1892 he was chairman of the party each day of the Republicans in Oregon. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Tongue in Congress

In 1896, Thomas Tongue was elected for the first district of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he Binger Hermann replaced on March 4, 1867. In the elections of 1898, 1900 and 1902 he was in each case confirmed in his office. However, he could no longer take the beginning on March 4, 1903 legislative session, because he died in January 1903. Then its predecessor Binger Hermann was re-elected as his successor. In Congress Tongue was a member of the Committee on irrigation dry areas. Thomas Tongue was married in 1869 to Margaret Eagleton, with whom he had eight children. His daughter Edith married Alfred E. Reames, who was in 1938 for a few months U.S. Senator.