Thaddeus Campbell Sweet | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's32nd district | |
| In office November 6, 1923 – May 1, 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Luther W. Mott |
| Succeeded by | Francis D. Culkin |
| Member of theNew York State Assembly from the Oswego County district | |
| In office January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Frank L. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Ezra Barnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1872-11-16)November 16, 1872 |
| Died | May 1, 1928(1928-05-01) (aged 55) |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Parent(s) | Anthony Wayne Sweet and Sarah Elizabeth Campbell |
Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (November 16, 1872 – May 1, 1928) was an American manufacturer and politician fromNew York. He representedNew York's 32nd congressional district from 1923 to 1928.
He was born on November 16, 1872, inPhoenix, New York, to Anthony Wayne Sweet and Sarah Elizabeth Campbell. He attended the public schools, and graduated from Phoenix Academy and High School. Then he entered business and for two years served as a traveling salesman. In 1895, he began the manufacture ofpaper and was President of the Sweet Paper Manufacturing Co. He also engaged in banking. He wastown clerk of Phoenix from 1896 to 1899.
He was a member of theNew York State Assembly (Oswego Co.) in1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919 and1920; and wasSpeaker from 1914 to 1920. As Speaker, in 1919 Sweet opposed the protective labor legislation for women and children promoted by newly enfranchised New York women, refusing to allow it to get to the Assembly floor. That fall, suffragist Marion Dickerman fought a tough race to defeat his bid for reelection, and though she lost she cut substantially into his support and, for the first time in his political career, made him work hard to win. Suffragists believed Dickerman's race quashed his gubernatorial chances. In 1920 he proposed the infamousexpulsion of socialists from the New York Assembly.
He was a delegate to the1916 and1924 Republican National Conventions.
He was elected to the68th United States Congress in 1923 to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofLuther W. Mott and served from November 6, 1923, until his death in office, having been re-elected to the69th and70th United States Congresses.
Thaddeus Sweet was the first sitting member of Congress to die in an airplane accident. Shortly after breakfast on May 1, 1928, he and the pilot Lt. Bushrod Hoppin,U.S. Army, took off in a new Army observation plane,Curtiss O-1B Falcon, serial number27-279, assigned atMiddletown Air Depot, Pennsylvania,[1][2] fromBolling Field to fly toOswego, New York, where he was to make a speech. Lt. Hoppin, known as a careful pilot, flew into a storm betweenBinghamton, New York, andCortland, New York.[3]
He thought it best to land and selected a field on a stock farm nearWhitney Point, New York. The field was knobbly, and the airplane bounced and turned a somersault. Sweet, having unbuckled hissafety belt, was pitched against the cockpit wall, and killed by a head injury. Lt. Hoppin, belted in his seat, was unbruised.[4] Sweet was buried at the Rural Cemetery atPhoenix, New York.
TheSweet Memorial Building was dedicated to him in 1929.[5] It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1990.[6]
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| Preceded by | New York State Assembly Oswego County 1910–1920 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1914–1920 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 32nd congressional district 1923–1928 | Succeeded by |
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