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  Steed, Thomas J.
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NameThomas J. Steed
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Shawnee, Oklahoma , United States
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Born March 02, 1904
DiedJune 08, 1983 (79 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 06:42pm
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Info born on a farm near Rising Star, Eastland County, Tex., March 2, 1904; attended the public schools of Konawa, Okla.; connected with Oklahoma daily newspapers for twenty years, including four years as managing editor of Shawnee News and Star; enlisted on October 29, 1942, as a private in Antiaircraft Artillery and released from active duty in May 1944 with rank of second lieutenant; joined Office of War Information July 1, 1944, and served with information division in India-Burma Theater until December 1945; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1981); chairman, Committee on Small Business (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; was a resident of Shawnee, Okla., until his death on June 8, 1983; interment at Resthaven Cemetery, Shawnee, Okla.



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  08/14/1980 US President - D Convention Lost 0.03% (-64.01%)
  11/07/1978 OK District 4 Won 60.33% (+20.66%)
  08/22/1978 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 65.47% (+30.95%)
  11/02/1976 OK District 4 Won 74.94% (+52.95%)
  11/05/1974 OK District 4 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 OK District 4 Won 71.28% (+42.56%)
  08/22/1972 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 87.64% (+75.27%)
  11/03/1970 OK District 4 Won 63.69% (+28.83%)
  08/25/1970 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 74.86% (+54.53%)
  11/05/1968 OK District 4 Won 53.62% (+7.24%)
  08/27/1968 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 66.57% (+41.93%)
  11/08/1966 OK District 4 Won 50.25% (+0.50%)
  11/03/1964 OK District 4 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/05/1964 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 78.86% (+57.71%)
  11/06/1962 OK District 4 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1960 OK District 4 Won 60.73% (+21.47%)
  07/05/1960 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 66.29% (+48.37%)
  11/04/1958 OK District 4 Won 74.05% (+48.11%)
  07/01/1958 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 65.43% (+30.86%)
  11/06/1956 OK District 4 Won 61.11% (+22.23%)
  11/02/1954 OK District 4 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/06/1954 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 85.51% (+71.01%)
  11/04/1952 OK District 4 Won 58.68% (+18.02%)
  07/01/1952 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 76.18% (+61.08%)
  11/07/1950 OK District 04 Won 68.11% (+36.22%)
  07/04/1950 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 65.77% (+40.10%)
  11/02/1948 OK District 04 Won 72.06% (+44.11%)
  07/27/1948 OK District 4 - D Runoff Won 68.06% (+36.13%)
  07/06/1948 OK District 4 - D Primary Won 23.85% (+0.00%)
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