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Thomas H. Dale
From 1906's Prominent Men: Scranton and Vicinity
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	William Connell
Succeeded by	Thomas David Nicholls
Personal details
Born	(1846-06-12)June 12, 1846 Daleville, Pennsylvania, US
Died	August 21, 1912(1912-08-21) (aged 66) Daleville, Pennsylvania, US
Political party	Republican

Thomas Henry Dale (June 12, 1846 – August 21, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Dale was born in Daleville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, Dale enlisted in the Union Army in 1863. After discharge from the service engaged in business as a coal operator, and in the wholesale beef business.

He was also interested in various other business enterprises in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was instrumental in organizing the Scranton Board of Trade and was its president for several terms. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee for several years. He was elected as prothonotary of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, from 1882 to 1892. He was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention.

Dale was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906. He served as president of the Anthracite Trust Company in Scranton.

He died in Daleville, aged 66.

References

• United States Congress. "Thomas H. Dale (id: D000010)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• The Political Graveyard

• 1846 births
• 1912 deaths
• People from the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
• Pennsylvania prothonotaries
• Union army soldiers
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• 19th-century American legislators
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives