Thomas Pelly
Thomas Pelly | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Joel Pritchard |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Minor Pelly August 22, 1902 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | November 21, 1973 Ojai, California, U.S. | (aged 71)
Political party | Republican |
Thomas Minor Pelly (August 22, 1902 – November 21, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Washington.
Pelly was born in Seattle to Elizabeth Montgomery (née Minor), daughter of early Seattle mayor Thomas T. Minor, and English-born Bernard Pelly.[1] He attended public schools, the University School in Victoria, British Columbia, and the Hoosac School in Hoosick, New York. He was employed in real estate and the banking industry from 1921 to 1930, after which he was an officer of a printing and stationery company until 1955.
A Republican, Pelly was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Seattle-based first district. He served in Congress for twenty years and did not run for re-election in 1972. He died in Ojai, California and is interred at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park.
References
- United States Congress. "Thomas Pelly (id: P000196)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved April 4, 2018
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