Thomas Minor PELLY, Congress, WA (1902-1973)

PELLY Thomas Minor , a Representative from Washington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., August 22, 1902; attended the public schools, the University School, Victoria, B.C., and the Hoosac School, Hoosick, N.Y.; employed in real estate and the banking business, 1921-1930; officer of a printing and stationery company, 1930-1955; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; retired and resided in Seattle, Wash.; died in Ojai, Calif., November 21, 1973; interment in Evergreen Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present