Mysticgames.com - Free Tarot Readings


More Celebrities              

Thomas Pryor Gore
Biographical Information

Sex:M
Age:78
Birth Date:December 10, 1870
Astrology Sign:Sagittarius
Chinese Sign: -
Birth Name:
Birth Place:
Died Date:March 16, 1949
Website:

Occupation:US Politician

Search for more:     

 

THOMAS PRYOR GORE
Thomas Pryor Gore

Biography:Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870 - March 16, 1949) was a Democratic politician. He was a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1907 until 1921 and from 1931 until 1937. He is notable for being totally blind as well as for being the maternal grandfather of author Gore Vidal.

He became blind as a child but did not give up his dream of becoming a senator. In 1907, he was elected to the Senate as one of the first two senators from the new state of Oklahoma. He was re-elected in 1908 and 1914 but defeated in 1920. He was known as a member of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, who worked with Republicans such as Robert La Follette. He was to a large extent no different from any other politician because of his blindness, but there were problems, as La Follette recounts an example in his memoirs when, during a filibuster, Gore did not realize that the senator who was to take over speaking for him had left the room, and the filibuster failed because he did not continue to speak.

He is also noted as being the author of a bill placed before the United States Senate during the early stages of World War I which encouraged American citizens not to travel aboard belligerent merchant vessels. The merchant vessels were under threat of attack by German U-boats, and the Senator felt the loss of American lives upon these boats threatened official American neutrality at the time.

Gore was re-elected in 1930 to the Senate. When Franklin D. Roosevelt first took office as President, Gore at first supported his New Deal but later feuded with him. After Gore retired from the US Senate in January, 1937, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., until his death on March 16, 1949. Gore was initially burried at Rosehill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but was later reinterred on July 19, 1949, in Fairlawn Cemetery, also in Oklahoma City.

He married Nina Belle Kay, a Texas plantation owner's daughter, in 1900. They had two children, Nina Gore (1903-1978), the mother of Gore Vidal and Thomas Notley Gore (1910-).

A major road artery in Lawton, Oklahoma, is named after him.


Personality and Character Cards:
Numerology is used to calculate tarot cards

Thomas Pryor Gore's Personality Tarot Card Justice - Personality Card

Birthday: December 10, 1870

Balance, wisdom and a need for rational, logical solutions.

Thomas Pryor Gore's Character Tarot Card The High Priestess - Character Card

Birthday: December 10, 1870

Wisdom, secrets to be revealed, and the development of intuition.


This year's Growth Tarot Card
Based on this year's birthday

Thomas Pryor Gore's Growth Tarot Card Justice

Birthday: December 10, 2023

Balance, wisdom and a need for rational, logical solutions.

 

 

 

Portions of famous people database was used with permission from Russell Grant from his book The Book of Birthdays Copyright © 1999, All rights reserved. Certain biographical material and photos licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, from WikipediaŽ, which is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

Links | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Notice 
Copyright © 1998-2007 Mysticgames.com. All rights reserved. Use of our website is subject to the Terms of Use.

Custom sterling silver jewelry