Thomas Cusack (politician)

Thomas Cusack ( born October 5, 1858 in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, † November 19, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1901 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1861, Thomas Cusack came with his parents from his native Ireland to New York City. After the death of his parents in 1863 he came to relatives in Chicago, where he attended both public and private schools. He then became poster artist and went into the poster advertising business. In 1875 he founded his own company. In the following years until his death he remained in the advertising business. After the invention of the automobile and the resulting car road network, he used the land along the streets as advertising space. He has been the market leader in the United States. He made tens of millions of sales. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1896 to 1898 he was a member of the State Board in Illinois. Between 1891 and 1898 he was a member of the Board of Education of Chicago; since 1897, he served as its Vice Chairman. From 1893 to 1897, he also belonged to the senior staff of Governor John Peter Altgeld.

In the congressional elections of 1898, Cusack was in the fourth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Daniel W. Mills on March 4, 1899. Since he resigned in 1900 to another candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1901. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives sat Cusack his earlier activities in the advertising industry continues. He died on November 19, 1926 in Chicago.