Thomas Frank Marshall

Thomas Frank Marshall (March 7, 1854 - August 20, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.

Biography

Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Marshall attended the common schools and the State normal school at Platteville, Wisconsin. He left school in 1873 two months before graduation, but received his diploma forty years later. He became a surveyor. He moved to Yankton, Dak. (now South Dakota), in 1873 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He moved to Columbia, Dak. (now North Dakota), in 1882 and engaged in banking. He moved in 1886 to Oakes, Dak. (now North Dakota), where he engaged in banking and surveying. He served as mayor 1888-1892. He served as a member of the State senate 1896-1900. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

Marshall was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1909). He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixtieth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate. He again engaged in banking. He died at his summer home in Detroit (now Detroit Lakes), Becker County, Minnesota, August 20, 1921. He was interred in Oakesview Cemetery, Oakes, Dickey County, N.Dak.

Source

• Thomas Frank Marshall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota One At-large seat (1889–1903) Seat Hansbrough Johnson Spalding Marshall Two At-large seats (1903–1913) Seat Marshall Hanna Seat Spalding Gronna Helgesen Three District seats (1913–1933) 1st district Helgesen Baer Burtness 2nd district Young Hall 3rd district Norton Sinclair Two At-large seats (1933–1963) Seat Sinclair U. Burdick Robertson U. Burdick Q. Burdick Nygaard Seat Lemke Robertson Lemke Aandahl Krueger Short Two District seats (1963–1973) 1st district Nygaard Andrews 2nd district Short Redlin Kleppe Link One At-large seat (1973–present) Seat Andrews Dorgan Pomeroy Berg Cramer

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