Tongue, Thomas H
lawyer, legislator, was born June 23, 1844, in Lincolnshire, England. He removed with his parents to Washington county, Ore., Nov. 23, 1859, where he has since resided.
He was educated at Pacific university, Forestgrove, Washington county, Ore., and graduated in June, 1868. In 1888 he was elected member of the state senate, serving term of four years. a a In 1890 he was the permanent chairman of the state republican convention; and in February, 1892, was elected president of the state organization of republican clubs and served for a term of two years. He was a delegate to the national republican convention at Minneapolis in 1892, and was the Oregon vice-president of that convention. In 1894 he was again the permanent chairman of the state republican convention; and has been a member of the state central committee continuously since 1866. He has been the chairman of the congressional committee of the first congressional district of Oregon from the time of its organization until 1896. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.