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Thomas Ellsworth Martin (view source)
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===U.S. House of Representatives===
===U.S. House of Representatives===
Martin was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1938 midterms, defeating Democrat James P. Goffney by sixteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266300 IA District 1 Race - Nov 08, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 4, 2021.</ref> He would be re-elected seven times before retiring to successfully seek election to Iowa's Class II Senate seat.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=47264 Candidate - Thomas E. Martin]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 4, 2021.</ref>
Martin was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1938 midterms, defeating Democrat James P. Goffney by sixteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266300 IA District 1 Race - Nov 08, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 4, 2021.</ref> He would be re-elected seven times before retiring to successfully seek election to Iowa's Class II Senate seat.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=47264 Candidate - Thomas E. Martin]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 4, 2021.</ref>
On July 27, 1953, Martin was among the forty-nine [[establishment]]/[[Moderate Republican]]s who voted against a resolution to re-enact the House Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref> It still managed to pass by a 209–163 vote, with support from the large majority of mostly conservative Republicans and some Southern Democrats.
===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===