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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.
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.
Henry Thomas Rainey. BORN: August 20, 1860; Carrollton, Illinois. DIED: August 19, 1934 (age 73); St. Louis, Missouri. EDUCATION: Knox College, Amherst College, Union College of Law. POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic. HIGHLIGHTS: 1885: Admitted to Bar; Began Practicing Law in Carrollton, Illinois 1887-1895: Master in Chancery for Greene County ...
Speaker of the House. With Speaker Garner having been inaugurated Vice President on March 4, 1933, Rainey, being next in line, was elected Speaker of the House when President Roosevelt called a special session of Congress two days later.
Henry Thomas Rainey 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.
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.
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
