Thomas M. Storke
Thomas M. Storke | |
|---|---|
| United States Senator from California | |
| In office November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Appointed by | Frank Merriam |
| Preceded by | William Gibbs McAdoo |
| Succeeded by | Sheridan Downey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas More Storke November 23, 1876 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1971 (aged 94) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Santa Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Elsie Smith
(m. 1904; died 1916)Marion Elizabeth Day
(m. 1920) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Charles A. Storke (father) Yda Hillis Addis (stepmother) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
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Thomas More Storke (November 23, 1876 – October 12, 1971) was an American journalist, politician, postmaster, and publisher. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962. Storke also served as an interim United States Senator, appointed to serve between the resignation of William Gibbs McAdoo in November 1938 and the January 1939 swearing-in of Sheridan Downey, who had been elected to succeed McAdoo.