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Thomas Ellsworth Martin has no current office in this source snapshot.
This does not prove retirement, death, or another status; it states only that the included federal term corpus has no current term for this person.
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Thomas Ellsworth Martin: Federal Office and Election History
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Thomas Ellsworth Martin
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Sourced federal term history
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