- Homer Bone
Homer Truett Bone (
January 25 ,1883 –March 11 ,1970 ) was aUnited States Democratic Party Senator fromWashington from 1933-1944.Bone was born in
Franklin, Indiana , and his family moved toTacoma, Washington in 1899. Bone attended law school in Tacoma and was admitted to the Bar in 1911. Bone specialized in labor law, and served as an assistant special prosecutor for Pierce County, as the Corporate Counsel for the Port of Tacoma, and as an attorney for Tacoma City Light.In 1918, Bone married
Blanche Slye . Bone ran unsuccessfully for prosecuting attorney and Mayor of Tacoma as aSocialist , and for the Third District Congressional seat as aFarmer-Labor candidate. in 1922 Bone served in the Washington State House, where he advocated for the ability of local government to form public utility districts. In 1928 Bone again ran unsuccessfully for Congress, this time as a Republican.In 1932, Bone finally won election to the United States Senate, this time as a Democrat. Bone continued his advocacy for public owned power, and other progressive causes. Bone supported creation of the
Bonneville Dam and theGrand Coulee Dam . In the war, Bone was an isolationist. Bone wrote the legislation which created theNational Cancer Institute .After serving in the Senate, Bone was appointed by Roosevelt to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served full time until 1956, and part time until 1968. Bone died in Tacoma in 1970.
External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000614 Congressional biography]
* [http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/BoneHomer3456.xml University of Washington Library Special Collection]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5628 Bone, Homer Truett (1883-1970)] at HistoryLink.org
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