Thaddeus B. Wakeman, also known as T.B. Wakeman, was an American attorney, politician, editor and

political philosopher Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

. He graduated from

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. Generally ascribed as a liberal

freethought Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and that beliefs should instead be reached by other meth ...

philosopher, he was a speaker at the 1878 Freethinkers' Convention at Watkins, New York. He served as president of the

National Liberal League The National Liberal League (1876 – c.1885) of the United States advocated separation of church and state and the freedom of religion. The league evolved into the American Secular Union in 1884. The First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis grew di ...

, ran unsuccessfully for

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in the New York state election of 1887, and was editor of the liberal paper ''Man''. He was also the head of the Liberal University of Oregon, later relocated to Kansas City, Missouri. His daughter

Emily Wakeman Hartley Emily Wakeman Hartley (1872 – February 20, 1935) was an American actress and theatrical manager, founder of the Arts and culture in Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut. Early life Emily I. Wakeman was born in New Y ...

founded and managed the Stamford Theatre in

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2 ...

.A. P.
"A Woman Who Financed and Built a Theatre"
''The Theatre'' (September 1914): 113-114, 131-132.

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