Thomas Barton Kyle (March 10, 1856 – August 13, 1915) was a lawyer, politician, and two-term

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from

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from 1901 to 1905.

Biography

Born in

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, Kyle attended the public schools and

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. He subsequently studied law, and was

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in 1884. He then commenced his practice in Troy. Kyle was elected as the

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of Miami County in 1890. He served as president of the board of education of Troy and later was the town's mayor.

Congress

Kyle was elected as a

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to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1904.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession in Troy, where he died on August 13, 1915. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyle, Thomas Barton 1856 births 1915 deaths Dartmouth College alumni People from Troy, Ohio County district attorneys in Ohio Ohio lawyers 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio