Thomas B. Dunn

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Dunn (left) with Republican boss George Washington Aldridge II, circa 1912.

Thomas Byrne Dunn (March 16, 1853 Providence, Rhode Island - July 2, 1924 Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

T. B. Dunn, Congressman from New York

He moved with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., in 1858. He founded and was President of the T. B. Dunn Company which manufactured perfumes and extracts. He invented the "breath freshener" Sen-Sen.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (45th D.) in 1907 and 1908.

He was New York State Treasurer from 1909 to 1910, elected at the New York state election, 1908 on the Republican ticket.

He was elected as a Republican to the 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th and 67th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1923. He was an alternate delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.

He was interred in a family mausoleum in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester. The Tiffany window from the mausoleum is on display at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester.

Sources

Thomas B. Dunn at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Thomas B. Dunn at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Irving L'Hommedieu	New York State Senate 45th District 1907–1908	Succeeded by George L. Meade
Preceded by Julius Hauser	New York State Treasurer 1909–1910	Succeeded by John J. Kennedy
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by new district	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 38th congressional district 1913–1923	Succeeded by Meyer Jacobstein

v t e New York State Treasurers

Livingston Bancker McClellan A G Lansing Thomas A G Lansing Thomas Platt Dox Knower Keyser Barstow Keyser Barstow Haight Farrington Enos Farrington Hunt Cook Welch Spaulding Clark Vanderpoel Dorsheimer Lewis Schuyler Howland Bristol Raines A Lansing* Raines Ross Mackin Wendell Maxwell Fitzgerald Danforth Colvin Jaeckel Wickser Wallenmeier Hauser Dunn Kennedy Batten* Call Wells Marshall Shuler Pounds

*denotes acting treasurer

Persondata
Name	Dunn, Thomas Byrne
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 16, 1853
Place of birth
Date of death	July 2, 1924
Place of death

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