| Birth: | Dec. 10, 1870 | | Death: | Mar. 16, 1949 | 
US Senator. Despite being totally blind from an accident while a child, he served two separate times in the United States Senate for a total of 20 years. Elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma upon that State’s admission to the Union, serving from 1907 to 1921, and serving of several important committees during World War I. Defeated for re-election in 1921, he ran again in 1930, and was again elected to the US Senate. He served his second term from 1930 to 1937. Unsuccessful in his bid to be re-elected in 1936, he practiced law in Washington, DC until his death in 1949. Originally interred in Rose Hill Burial Park, he was removed to Fairlawn in July 1949. In 1967 a biography of him was published by Paul D. Travis called “Thomas P. Gore: Blind Senator from Oklahoma”. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
Family links:
Children:
Nina Gore Olds (1903 - 1978)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Thomas Gore | | | Burial:
Fairlawn Cemetery
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Russ Dodge
Record added: Mar 13, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6256971 |
|
|
|
From a 5th cousin 4x removed
-
Denise Kruta
Added: Jun. 2, 2011 |
My Father,Clarence Gore spoke highly of you,his Uncle during his life and said you were my Great Uncle.I found this memorial as I was adding my Parent's gravesites in Dania Fla.What an outstanding life you led and a great inspiration to my heritage.God Bl...(Read more)
-
pat gore
Added: Apr. 18, 2011 |
With respect and admiration.
-
Brian Gower from Wales
Added: Dec. 10, 2010 |
| There are 33 more notes not showing...
Click here to view all notes...
| |
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
(3.5 after 27 votes)
