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Thomas Howe (other)
Thomas Howe may refer to: * Thomas Marshall Howe (1808–1877), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (1808–1860), U.S. Representative from New York * Thomas Howe (runner) (born 1944), Liberian Olympic athlete * Thomas Carr Howe Jr. Thomas Carr Howe Jr. (1904-1994) was director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and one of the monuments men involved in the recovery of art looted by the Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English fo ... (1904–1994), one of the monuments men involved in the recovery of art looted by the Nazis during the Second World War See also * Thomas Howes (other) {{human name disambiguation, Howe, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Marshall Howe
Thomas Marshall Howe (April 20, 1808 – July 20, 1877) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a financier, statesman, manufacturer, and philanthropist. He was considered the leading citizen of Pittsburgh of his day. Biography Howe (father-in-law of James W. Brown and George Wilkins Guthrie) was born in Williamstown, Vermont. He moved with his parents to Bloomfield, Ohio in 1817. He attended private schools and graduated from Warren Academy in Warren, Ohio. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1829, where he served as a clerk in a wholesale dry-goods establishment before commencing business for himself in 1833. He married Mary Ann Palmer Howe on December 13, 1833. From 1839 to 1859, Howe served as a cashier and president of the Exchange National Bank of Pittsburgh. He also engaged in copper mining, copper and steel manufacturing, commercial pursuits, and banking. Howe was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
