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Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Thomas H. Tongue (Late a Representative From Oregon): Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-Seventh Congress, Second Session Mr. Moody of Oregon: Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty to announce to the House of Representatives the calamity that has fallen upon our State by the sudden and untimely death of my distinguished colleague, Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, who has for the past six years represented his State and district in this body with honor and distinction. At a suitable time I shall ask that a day be set apart for paying tribute to his character and distinguished public services. I now ask for the immediate consideration of the resolutions which I send to the desk. The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the sudden death in this city of Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, a Representative in this House from the First district of Oregon. Resolved, That the House do now adjourn, out of respect to the memory of the deceased member. Resolved, That the Clerk of the House communicate a copy of these resolutions to the Senate. The Speaker. The question is on agreeing to the resolutions. The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.