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 THOMAS HENRY CARTER

, of Helena, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, October 30, 1854; received a common-school education in Illinois; was engaged in farming, railroading, and school teaching for a number of years; studied law and was admitted to the bar; in 1882 removed from Burlington, Iowa, to Helena, Mont.; was elected delegate from the Territory of Montana to the Fifty-First Congress as a Republican, and upon the admission of the State was elected its first Representative in Congress; was commissioner of the General Land Office from March, 1891, to July, 1892; in January, 1895, was elected to the United States Senate by the legislature of Montana for the term beginning March 4, 1895, and ending March 3, 1901. In July, 1892, he was elected chairman of the Republican national committee.