Thomas O'Malley (congressman)

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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas O'Malley attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1920, the Loyola Academy. He then continued his education at Loyola College and the YMCA College of Liberal Arts in Chicago continued. In the following years he worked as a salesman and writer of advertising copy. Politically, O'Malley was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1932 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the Franklin D. Roosevelt for the first time as a presidential candidate. 1928 and 1930, he ran unsuccessfully for each U.S. House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1932, O'Malley was in the fifth electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William H. Stafford on March 4, 1933. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 three legislative periods. During this time, most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted. In 1933, the 21 Amendment was considered and enacted. During his time in Congress O'Malley was a member of the Democratic National Congressional Committee.

In the 1938 elections, he defeated Republican Lewis D. Thill. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas O'Malley took his previous activities on again. Between 1939 and 1956 he worked as a regional director in the field of the Federal Labor Ministry in Chicago. In this city he remained resident until his death in 1979.

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