House 1897-98 (District 27)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Ramsey
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
11/1/1863 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
??/??/1901 (uncertain)
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Presbyterian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Saint Paul
Occupation (when first elected):
President, Northern Exchange Bank, St. Paul
EDUCATION
Public Schools; Elementary School;
Northwestern University, Illinois; Secondary; Prepatory School
Pennsylvania Military Academy; Secondary; 1 Year
Yale College; Attended College; A Few Months
Harvard College; Attended College; Left in the Spring of 1886
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Mary E. Clare (married on June 5, 1889)
Children:
One child: Ann Lee
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Scottish and English ancestry.
He came to Minnesota on September 1, 1889.
Toensing lists his birth year as 1862(?). Progressive Men of Minnesota lists 1863.
His father, Thomas Blythe Sr., was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate for 12 years.
He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
He was a member of House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897.