Thomas Gregory Huff (September 27, 1932 – April 14, 2013) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member of the

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, representing the 26th district from 1995 to 2001.

Biography

Born and raised in

Mandan, North Dakota Mandan is a city on the eastern border of Morton County and the eighth-largest city in North Dakota. Founded in 1879 on the west side of the upper Missouri River, it was designated in 1881 as the county seat of Morton County. The population was ...

, Huff attended local public schools and graduated from Sumner High School. He attended college at the

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and

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. Huff made a business career in Washington State, where he became an executive for

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, a major retailer and catalog company. He became interested in politics, joining the

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. Elected in 1994 to the

, he served from 1995 to 2000 representing

Gig Harbor Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington,. The population was 12,029 at the 2020 census. Gig Harbor is one of several cities and towns that claim to be "the gateway to the Olympic ...

.Obituary: Tom G. Huff
''The News Tribune''

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* 1933 births 2013 deaths People from Mandan, North Dakota People from Gig Harbor, Washington University of Puget Sound alumni Businesspeople from Washington (state) Republican Party members of the Washington House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople {{Washington-politician-stub