Tom Stout

Tom Stout ( born May 20, 1879 in New London, Missouri, † December 26, 1965 in Billings, Montana ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1917 he represented the state of Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Tom Stout attended the public schools of his home in Missouri, and then the University of Missouri. Then he studied law, but without ever working as a lawyer. For some time he worked as a teacher. In 1901 he moved to Lewistown, Montana. There he became involved in the newspaper business. Between 1902 and 1916 he published the newspaper " Fergus County Democrat ". From 1916 to 1946 he was responsible for the " Lewiston Democrat News."

Political Rise and Congressman

As a member of the Democratic Party, he attended all the regional party conferences in Montana 1904-1946. In 1908, he was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. From 1911 to 1913 he was a member of the Senate of Montana. Between 4 March 1913 and 3 March 1917 he was a delegate in the U.S. Congress for the newly created second electoral district of Montana for two terms. He was Chairman of the Committee since 1915 to control expenditure of the Interior Ministry. In 1916, Tom Stout opted not to run again.

Further CV

In the following years, Stout has initially exercised no political office. But between 1930 and 1932 he was a member of a committee of the state government of Montana, who dealt with the public service ( Montana Public Service Commission ). In the years 1942, 1944 and 1946, he was selected in each case in the House of Representatives from Montana. From 1947 to 1960 Stout wrote editorials for the newspaper " Billings Gazette". In Billings, he also died in 1965. Tom Stout was married to Sibyl Ann Sherlock.