Thomas A. Doyle

Thomas A. Doyle (1923)

Thomas Aloysius Doyle (born January 9, 1886 in Chicago , Illinois , †  January 29, 1935 there ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1931 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Doyle attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the real estate and insurance industries. After 1926 he was also active in the automobile business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1914 to 1918 he was a member of the Chicago City Council; from 1918 to 1923 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Illinois . In 1923 he was also a member of the commission for the improvement of regional infrastructure.

After the death of MP John W. Rainey , Doyle was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the fourth seat of Illinois , where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1923. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1931 . During this time, in 1929, the world economic crisis began . In 1930 Doyle renounced another candidacy. He later became a member of the Chicago City Council again. He died there on January 29, 1935.

Web links

• Thomas A. Doyle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas A. Doyle in the database of Find a Grave (English)