Thomas Frank Marshall

Background

Marshall, Thomas Frank was born on March 7, 1854. Son of George W. and Sarah E. (Hefflebower) Marshall.

Education

Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Marshall attended the common schools and the State normal school at Platteville, Wisconsin.

Career

He left school in 1873 two months before graduation, but received his diploma forty years later. He became a surveyor. He moved to Yankton, Dakota

(now South Dakota), in 1873 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

He moved to Columbia, Dakota (now North Dakota), in 1882 and engaged in banking.

He moved in 1886 to Oakes, Dakota (now North Dakota), where he engaged in banking and surveying.

He served as mayor 1888-1892.

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 (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1909). He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixtieth Congress).

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 (now Detroit Lakes), Becker County, Minnesota, August 20, 1921.

He was interred in Oakesview Cemetery, Oakes, Dickey County, North Dakota

Achievements

• Thomas Frank Marshall has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member North Dakota Senate, 1896-1900. Member 57th to 60th Congresses (1901-1909), North Dakota at-large. Member Republican National Committee, 1912-1916.

Connections

Married Eva East. Grigsby, December 4, 1878.

Father:

George West. Marshall

Mother:

Sarah East. (Hefflebower) Marshall

Spouse:

Eva East. Grigsby