About Thomas Henry Dale
Lived 1846 – 1912 (aged 66). Thomas Henry Dale was an American politician.
Thomas Henry Dale (or Hanford; June 12, 1846 – August 21, 1912) was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography Dale was born on June 12, 1846, in Daleville, Pennsylvania, to William and Susan Dale. In 1863, he enlisted into the Union army and served in the American Civil War. First attending public schools in Putnam Township, he studied at the Wyoming Seminary for two years. He lost the 1906 election, prior to which he had been misregistered to being a candidate of the Prohibition Party, which was fixed.
After serving in Congress, Dale served as president of the Anthracite Trust Company in Scranton He is buried in the Dunmore Cemetery, in Scranton.
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