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American politician
Thomas Henry Ball
In office March 4, 1897 – November 16, 1903Preceded by
Joseph C. Hutcheson Succeeded by
John M. Pinckney Constituency
1st district (1897–1903)
8th district (1903)
Born (1859-01-14 ) January 14, 1859 Huntsville, TexasDied May 7, 1944(1944-05-07) (aged 85) Houston, Texas Resting place Forest Park Cemetery, Houston Political party
Democratic Spouse
Minnie Thompson
(
m. 1882)
Children Minnie, David, Rebecca, and 3 adopted children
Alma mater
Austin College
University of Virginia School of Law Profession lawyer (admitted to bar 1886)
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Thomas Henry Ball (January 14, 1859 – May 7, 1944) was a
Texas politician and a
Democratic member of the
United States House of Representatives . He was mayor of
Huntsville, Texas , from 1877 to 1892, and moved to Houston in 1902.
[3]
Thomas Henry Ball and
Frank Andrews formed a law firm in Houston in 1902. Melvin Kurth joined in 1913.
Andrews Kurth was important to Texas railroad firms early in the twentieth century. It represented
Reconstruction Finance Corporation and
Federal National Mortgage Corporation ,
New Deal agencies. In the early twenty-first century, Andrews Kurth had offices in
London and
Beijing , and employed more than 400 lawyers.
[4]
He held many posts in the
Democratic Party of Texas , and unsuccessfully sought the 1914 nomination to be
Governor of Texas on a
prohibition platform, despite endorsements from
President
Woodrow Wilson and
William Jennings Bryan . His Houston
law practice represented chiefly railroads and corporations, and he promoted Texas port facilities both in Congress and after. He was general counsel for the
Port Commission of Houston . He was a delegate at the
1892 Democratic National Convention , and in
1924 and
1928 .
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Because Ball had been instrumental in routing a railroad through Peck, Texas, the town was renamed
Tomball, Texas , in his honor in 1907.
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References
^
a
b Guttery, Ben R. (2008).
Representing Texas : a comprehensive history of U.S. and Confederate senators and representatives from Texas . pp. 18–19.
ISBN
978-1-4196-7884-4 . Retrieved 2012-12-19 .
^ Dodge, Andrew R.;
Koed, Betty K. (2005). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive (16th ed.).
Government Printing Office .
^
a
b Price, Gary.
"BALL, THOMAS HENRY [1859-1944]" . The Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved 2012-12-19 .
^
"Special Marketing Section" . Women of Color . Career Communications Group. Autumn 2009. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-12-19 .
^ Hudnall, Ken; Hudnall, Sharon (August 15, 2005).
Spirits of the Border V: The History And Mystery of the Lone Star State . Vol. 5. Omega Press. p. 454.
ISBN
9780962608797 . Retrieved 2012-12-19 .
Further reading
Gould, Lewis L. (1973). Progressives and Prohibitionists: Texas Democrats in the Wilson Era . Austin: University of Texas Press.
George P. Huckaby, Oscar Branch Colquitt: A Political Biography (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1946).
Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans (5 vols., ed. E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler [Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1914; rpt. 1916])
Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin (Tomball, Texas).
Clarence R. Wharton, ed., Texas under Many Flags (5 vols., Chicago: American Historical Society, 1930).
Sibley, Marilyn McAdams (1968). The Port of Houston: A History . Austin: University of Texas Press.
Ball, Thomas Henry (c. 1944). The Port of Houston: How it Came to Pass .
OCLC
19230990 .
Ball, Thomas Henry (1898).
Against the annexation of Hawaii ... Washington: Govt. print. off.
LCCN
01004780 .
Ball, Thomas Henry (1900).
The evolution of imperialism . Washington: Govt. print. off.
LCCN
01004543 .
Ball, Thomas Henry (1897).
The tariff ... Speech of Hon. Thomas H. Ball, of Texas, in the House ... July 19, 1897 . Washington: Govt. print. off.
LCCN
01004875 .
Ball, Thomas Henry (1900). Militarism, Imperialism And "Sordid Greed": The Policy Of McKinley's Administration ... In The House Of Representatives, January 16, 1900 . Washington: Govt. print. off.
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