Thomas Brooks Fletcher (October 10, 1879 – July 1, 1945) was a

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from

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. Born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, Fletcher attended the public schools, a private school at

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, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cleveland. He graduated from

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, in 1900. He was editor of the ''Daily Leader'',

, from 1903 to 1905. He served on the staff of the ''Morning News'',

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, from 1905 to 1906. He became a Redpath lecturer in 1906. He was editor and publisher of the ''Daily Tribune'' at

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, from 1910 to 1922. Fletcher was elected as a

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to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. Fletcher was elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses), Committee on the Census (Seventy-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He resumed lecturing and

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work. He died in

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, July 1, 1945. He was interred in Mechanicstown Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio.

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