Neuhausen, Thomas Brues, 1872-1944

Thomas Brues Neuhausen (1872-1944) was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and moved to St. Paul, Minnisota, with his father, who became editor of Die Volkszeitung. Neuhausen was educated in Minnesota and at the Lyceum, Bamberg, Bavaria. In 1895 he became city editor of Die Volkszeitung, and in 1899 was the Washington D.C. correspondent of the St. Paul Globe.

In 1900 he married Maude Lyon. Neuhausen was appointed special agent of the U. S. Land Office, Ashland, Wisconsin in 1900, and transferred to The Dalles, Oregon in 1903, where he was a land fraud investigator. He had various titles and promotions, finally becoming confidential inspector for Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1906) and later for James R. Garfield. He was especially useful to Francis J. Heney, government prosecutor.

Neuhausen resigned his inspectorship in 1908 and went into the brokerage business in Portland, Oregon, dealing in real estate, timber lands, and other investments. He retained strong interest in government and politics and became one of the leaders of the Progressive Party in Oregon in 1912. He was later campaign manager for Charles L. McNary, for Hiram Johnson's Oregon campaign, and for Robert N. Stanfield, and managed the 1918 Oregon Normal School campaign. His political activity diminished after 1933.