Thomas O'Malley

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Thomas O'Malley

Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (born March 24, 1903 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , †  December 19, 1979 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas O'Malley was the son of Thomas J. O'Malley (1868-1936), who was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin between 1933 and 1936 . He attended the public schools of his home country and then the Loyola Academy until 1920 . He then continued his education at Loyola College and the YMCA College of Liberal Arts in Chicago. In the following years he worked as a seller and writer of advertising texts. Politically, O'Malley became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1932 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for the first time as a presidential candidate. In 1928 and 1930 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the 1932 congressional election , O'Malley was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded William H. Stafford on March 4, 1933 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . It was during this time that most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed. In 1933 the 21st amendment to the constitution was discussed and put into effect. While in Congress, O'Malley was a member of the Democratic National Congressional Committee .

In the 1938 election he was defeated by Republican Lewis D. Thill . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Thomas O'Malley resumed his previous activities. Between 1939 and 1956 he worked as a regional director in the field service of the Federal Department of Labor in Chicago. He lived in this city until his death in 1979.

Web links

• Thomas O'Malley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas O'Malley in the database of Find a Grave (English)