Thomas Brooks Fletcher (October 10, 1879 – July 1, 1945) was a

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from

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. Born in

Mechanicstown, Ohio Mechanicstown is an unincorporated community in northwestern Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44651. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 39 and 524. The community is part of t ...

, Fletcher attended the public schools, a private school at

Augusta, Ohio Augusta is an unincorporated community in eastern Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44607. It lies along State Route 9. The community is part of the Canton– Massillon Metr ...

, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cleveland. He graduated from

Mount Union College The University of Mount Union is a private university in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1846, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Church until the spring of 2019. In the fall of 2020, Mount Union had an enrollment of 1,958 undergraduate ...

, Alliance, Ohio, in 1900. He was editor of the ''Daily Leader'', Alliance, Ohio, from 1903 to 1905. He served on the staff of the ''Morning News'', Canton, Ohio, from 1905 to 1906. He became a Redpath lecturer in 1906. He was editor and publisher of the ''Daily Tribune'' at

Marion, Ohio Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio, approximately north of Columbus. The population was 35,999 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 36,837 at the ...

, from 1910 to 1922. Fletcher was elected as a

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to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. Fletcher was elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses), Committee on the Census (Seventy-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He resumed lecturing and

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work. He died in

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, July 1, 1945. He was interred in Mechanicstown Cemetery,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Thomas B. 1879 births 1945 deaths People from Marion, Ohio People from Carroll County, Ohio University of Mount Union alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio