Thomas B. Kyle Explained

State:Ohio
District:7th
Term Start:March 4, 1901
Term End:March 3, 1905
Preceded:Walter L. Weaver
Succeeded:J. Warren Keifer
Party:Republican
Birth Name:Thomas Barton Kyle
Birth Date:10 March 1856
Birth Place:Troy, Ohio, US
Death Place:Troy, Ohio, US
Restingplace:Riverside Cemetery
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College

Thomas Barton Kyle (March 10, 1856  - August 13, 1915) was a lawyer, politician, and two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.

Biography

Born in Troy, Ohio, Kyle attended the public schools and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.He subsequently studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1884.[1] He then commenced his practice in Troy. Kyle was elected as the prosecuting attorney of Miami County in 1890. He served as president of the board of education of Troy and later was the town's mayor.

Congress

Kyle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901  - March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1904.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession in Troy, where he died on August 13, 1915. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

References

  1. Book: United States Congress . Official Congressional Directory . 1904 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.