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Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death in 1934. He rose to Speaker of the House, during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Biography.
Henry Thomas Rainey (20 de agosto de 1860 - 19 de agosto de 1934) fue un político estadounidense. Miembro del Partido Demócrata de Illinois, sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos de 1903 a 1921 y de 1923 a su muerte en 1934. Ascendió a Presidente de la Cámara, durante los famosos Cien días de Franklin D. Roosevelt en 1933.
Biography. RAINEY, HENRY THOMAS, a Representative from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., on August 20, 1860; attended the public schools and Knox Academy and Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.; graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1883 and from the Union College of Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1885; was admitted to the bar in 1885 ...
Henry Thomas Rainey is remembered by old-timers in his hometown of Carrollton, Illinois, as a sometime farmer, a gra-cious and frequent host, and a patriotic, God-fearing American. He has not attracted the recent attention given his more colorful contemporaries, such as William Lorimer and Joseph G. Cannon; but nevertheless he
RAINEY, Henry Thomas, a Representative from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., on August 20, 1860; attended the public schools and Knox Academy and Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1883 and from the Union College of Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1885; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Carrollton, Ill.; master in ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death in 1934.
Henry Rainey and his wife Ella made a formidable team. Ella was a talented newspaper columnist and politico. When her husband was elected to Congress in 1902, she began a career as her husband’s chief staff member. She handled constituent concerns for the next thirty years, working side-by-side with her spouse until his 1933 death. This photograph captured the pair conferring during his ...
