Thomas Frank Marshall


Thomas Frank Marshall 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., in 1873 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He moved to Columbia, Dak., in 1882 and engaged in banking.
He moved in 1886 to Oakes, Dak., 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.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims.
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, Becker County, Minnesota, August 20, 1921.
He was interred in Oakesview Cemetery, Oakes, Dickey County, N.Dak.