{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas B. Dunn |image = T. B. Dunn.jpg |caption = |state = New York |district = {{ushr|New York|38|38th}} |term_start = March 4, 1913 |term_end = March 3, 1923 |predecessor = ''District created'' |successor = Meyer Jacobstein |office2 = Member of the New York State Senate from the 45th District |term_start2 = 1907 |term_end2 = 1908 |predecessor2 = Irving L'Hommedieu |successor2 = George L. Meade |office1 = New York State Treasurer |term_start1 = 1909 |term_end1 = 1910 |predecessor1 = Julius Hauser |successor1 = John J. Kennedy |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1853|3|16}} |birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|7|2|1853|3|16}} |death_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. |party = Republican }}
'''Thomas Byrne Dunn''' (March 16, 1853 in Providence, Rhode Island – July 2, 1924 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American businessman and politician.
==Life== <!-- Deleted image removed: 250px|right|thumb|Dunn (left) with Republican boss George Washington Aldridge II, circa 1912. --> He moved with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., in 1858. He founded and was President of the T. B. Dunn Company which manufactured perfumes and extracts. He invented the "breath freshener" Sen-Sen.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (45th D.) in 1907 and 1908.
He was New York State Treasurer from 1909 to 1910, elected at the New York state election, 1908 on the Republican ticket.
He was elected as a Republican to the 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th and 67th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1923. He was an alternate delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.
He was interred in a family mausoleum in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester. The Tiffany glass window from the mausoleum, ''The Sunset Scene,'' is on display at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester.
==Sources== {{CongBio|D000553}}
==External links== *{{Find a Grave|7261412}}
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