Thomas Gore

Thomas Gore
United States Senator
from Oklahoma
In office
December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1921
Preceded byStatehood granted
Succeeded byJohn W. Harreld
In office
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byWilliam B. Pine
Succeeded byJoshua B. Lee
Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 11th district
In office
1902–1905
Preceded byGeorge H. Coulson
Succeeded byJames Menefee
Personal details
Born
Thomas Pryor Gore

(1870-12-10)December 10, 1870
Webster County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMarch 16, 1949(1949-03-16) (aged 78)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyPeople's Party (1892-1899)
Democratic (after 1899)
Spouse
Nina Belle Kay
(m. 1900)
ChildrenNina S. Gore
Thomas N. Gore
RelativesGore Vidal (grandson)
Nina Gore Auchincloss (granddaughter)
Hugh Auchincloss Steers (great-grandson)
Burr Steers (great-grandson)
Alma materCumberland University
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Thomas Pryor Gore[1] (December 10, 1870 – March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for the Populist Party, and continued this affiliation after he moved to Texas. In 1899, just before moving to Oklahoma Territory to practice law in Lawton, he formally joined the Democratic Party and campaigned for William Jennings Bryan. In the Senate, his anti-war beliefs caused him conflict with Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Gore lost his eyesight during his youth. He was the maternal grandfather of noted author Gore Vidal.

  1. ^ Infidels.org: "Vidal, Gore (1925- )", accessed March 16, 2010