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Title: North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Lounsberry, Clement A. (Clement Augustus), 1843-1926
Subjects: North Dakota -- History North Dakota -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Pub. co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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t position which heis now acceptably filling. A native of Michigan, his birth occurred at Clifton, Keweenawcounty, Juno G, 1869, his parents being Richard and Ellon (Peters) Hall, natives of Redruth,Cornwall, England. Coming to America they established their home in Michigan and afteracquiring his education in the common schools of that state, their son, Thomas Hall, continuedhis studies in Concordia College at Moorhead, Minnesota. He was a youth of fourteen yearswhen in June, 1883, he came to North Dakota with his parents, who established their homenear Jamestown. He entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at thatplace and was afterward transferred to Mandan, where he remained until 1892, when horemoved to Fargo, where he resided for sixteen years. For a time he was employed as rail-way clerk. He afterwards entered newspaper circles at Fargo as a newspaper reporter and makinggradual advance along that line he ultimately became a publisher at Fargo, in 1898. As the
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HON. THOJIAS HALL HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 769 newspaper is both the molder and mirror of public opinion it naturally followed that hebecame a student of vital questions of general interest and through editorial expression hadmarked influence in molding public thought and action. Naturally therefore he became apolitical leader of the republican party, whose principles he endorsed and championed in stal-wart fashion. He was first called to public office in 1908, when he was made secretary to theboard of railroad commissioners, in which capacity he served for four years, or until 1913,when his name was placed upon the republican ticket in connection with the candidacy ofsecretary of state. His party gave him a substantial majority, and endorsement of his firstterms service was received in his reelection. He does not lightly regard the duties thatdevolve upon him in this connection. On the contrary, he meets every responsibility in a con-scientious manner that results from his devotion to

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