CALE, THOMAS, a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Underhill,
Chittenden County, Vt., September 17, 1848; attended the district schools and
Bell Academy, Underhill Flats, Vt.; moved to Fort Edward, Washington County,
N.Y., in 1866; taught school near Underhill Center, Vt., in 1867 and 1868;
moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1869; taught school in several districts in Fond
du Lac County and then engaged in agricultural pursuits near Eden, Wis.; town
clerk of Eden 1881-1884; member of the board of commissioners of Fond du Lac
County 1884-1886; returned to Fond du Lac and served as undersheriff of Fond du
Lac County 1886-1888; county sheriff 1888-1890; engaged as a salesman of farm
machinery; moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1898 and engaged in mining; elected
as an Independent to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1908; engaged in farming near McLaughlin,
S.Dak., 1910-1915 and near Stevens Point, Wis., 1915-1920; retired from active
pursuits in 1920 and resided in Fond du Lac, Wis., until his death in that city
on February 3, 1941; interment in Calvary Cemetery.