Tom Stout (May 20, 1879 – December 26, 1965) was a

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from

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

, who represented

Montana's at-large congressional district Montana is represented in the United States House of Representatives by one at-large congressional district, among the 435 in the United States Congress. The district was the most populous U.S. congressional district, with just over 1 million c ...

from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917. Stout was born in

New London, Missouri New London is a city in Ralls County, Missouri, United States. The population was 943 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ralls County. New London is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area. William Jameson, claimed land, ma ...

, in 1879, and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he studied and later taught law. In 1902, he moved to

Lewistown, Montana Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,952 at the 2020 census. Lewistown is located in the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. Fi ...

, and entered publishing, working as the editor and publisher of the ''Fergus County Democrat'' from 1902 to 1916 and the ''Lewistown Democrat News'' from 1916 to 1946. He was elected to the Montana Senate in 1910, and served until 1913. Following the 1910 United States Census, Montana gained an additional seat in the

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. Rather than create separate districts, the existing

began separately electing two members, and Stout ran for Seat B in 1912. He was narrowly elected to the seat and was re-elected in 1914. Stout did not seek re-election in 1916 and returned to Montana, continuing his work in the newspaper business. From 1930 to 1932, Stout served as a member of the Montana Public Service Commission, and in 1942, he was elected to the Montana House of Representatives. He was subsequently re-elected in 1944 and 1946, and, after he exited the legislature, he worked as an editorial writer for the ''

Billings Gazette The ''Billings Gazette'' is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming. Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana and is geographically one ...

'' from 1947 to 1960. Until his death in 1965, he resided in

Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Met ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stout, Tom 1879 births 1965 deaths Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Democratic Party Montana state senators University of Missouri alumni Politicians from Billings, Montana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Montana People from Ralls County, Missouri People from Lewistown, Montana