Memorial services in the House: Invocation and Scripture reading by Rev. James Shera Montgomery, Chaplain of the House--- Roll of deceased Members, read by Mr. Alney E. Chaffee, reading clerk of the House----- Address by Mr. F. Edward Hébert, of Louisiana.. Address by Mr. J. Harry McGregor, of Ohio.. Benediction by the Chaplain.---. Memorial addresses in the House: Mr. Henry C. Dworshak, of Idaho... Mr. John Sanborn, of Idaho.----- Memorial exercises in the Senate: Invocation and Scripture reading by Rev. Bernard Bras- Roll of deceased Members, read by the Chief Clerk... Tribute by Mr. C. Wayland Brooks, of Ilinois.. Tribute by Mr. Clyde R. Hoey, of North Carolina. Memorial addresses in the Senate: Mr. Glen H. Taylor, of Idaho.. Tribute by Mr. Glen H. Taylor, of Idaho.--. Tribute by Mr. Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan.--- [3] *-*5-49 4a Biography JOHN THOMAS was born on a farm in Phillips County, Kans., January 4, 1874; attended the rural schools, the high school in Phillipsburg, Kans., and the Central Normal College at Great Bend, Kans.; taught school, serving as superintendent of schools of Phillips County, Kans., 1898–1903; served as register of land office at Colby, Kans., 1906–9; moved to Gooding, Idaho, in 1909; engaged in banking and livestock business; mayor of Gooding, Idaho, 1917–19; chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Idaho, 1922–24; member of the Republican National Committee, 1925–33; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank R. Gooding, and served from June 30, 1928, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932; resumed his business pursuits; again appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Borah; reelected in 1942, and served from January 27, 1940, until his death in Washington, D. C., November 10, 1945; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho. (5) |