Thomas Daniel Winter

Thomas Daniel Winter

Thomas Daniel Winter (born July 7, 1896 in Columbus , Cherokee County , Kansas , † November 7, 1951 in Pittsburg , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1947 he represented the third constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Winter attended elementary and secondary schools in his home country. During the First World War he was a soldier in the US Army Air Corps from 1918 to 1919 . Between 1921 and 1927 he was clerk at the Crawford County District Court in Kansas. At the same time he studied law himself. After his admission to the bar in 1926, he began to work in Girard in his new profession. From 1927 to 1928 he was deputy district attorney and from 1929 to 1930 regular district attorney. Between 1933 and 1935 Winter was employed by Girard's public utility and from 1936 to 1938 he was treasurer of that city.

Politically, Winter was a member of the Republican Party . In 1938 he was elected as their candidate in the third district of Kansas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded the Democrat Edward White Patterson on January 3, 1939 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1947 , which were largely shaped by the events during and after the Second World War . Winter was no longer nominated by his party for the 1946 elections.

After his tenure in Congress, Winter retired from politics and returned to work as a lawyer. He died on November 7, 1951 in Pittsburg and was buried in Columbus.

Web links

• Thomas Daniel Winter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Daniel Winter in the database of Find a Grave (English)