Lewis D. Thill

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Lewis D. Thill

|image=Lewis D. Thill (1903-1975) (8254107120).jpg

|state=Wisconsin

|district={{ushr|WI|5|5th}}

|term_start=January 3, 1939

|term_end=January 3, 1943

|predecessor=Thomas O' Malley

|successor=Howard J. McMurray

|birth_name=Lewis Dominic Thill

|birth_date={{birth date|1903|10|18}}

|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|5|6|1903|10|18}}

|death_place=San Diego, California, U.S.

|resting_place=Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, California, U.S.

|party=Republican

|spouse=Carol Jean Werner

|parents=Dominic P. Thill
Mary Louise Pierron

|alma_mater=Marquette University
Harvard Graduate School
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin Law School

|profession=Politician, lawyer

}}

Lewis Dominic Thill (October 18, 1903 – May 6, 1975) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1943, representing the 5th congressional district of Wisconsin as a Republican in the 76th United States Congress and the 77th United States Congress.{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000153|title=THILL, Lewis Dominic|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=July 9, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lewis_thill/410735|title=Rep. Lewis Thill|publisher=GovTrack|access-date=April 21, 2023}}

Early life and education

Thill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 18, 1903 to Dominic P. Thill and Mary Louise Pierron.{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/lewis-dominic-thill-24-60g7cs|title=Lewis Dominic Thill|publisher=Ancestry.com|access-date=April 21, 2023}} He attended public and parochial schools and graduated from Marquette University in 1926.

Thill subsequently attended Harvard Graduate School and Northwestern University before graduating from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1931.

Career

Thill was admitted to the bar in 1932; he commenced practice in Milwaukee. He became engaged in the real estate and investment business.

Thill served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1943, representing the 5th congressional district of Wisconsin as a Republican in the 76th United States Congress and the 77th United States Congress. His tenure began on January 3, 1939 and concluded on January 3, 1943.

Thill was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1942 to the 78th United States Congress and in 1944 to the 79th United States Congress. Thill unsuccessfully contested the result of his 1942 election, in which he was defeated by his successor, Democrat Howard J. McMurray. Thill alleged that McMurray had violated state and federal law by spending $7,000 on his campaign, far above the allowed maximum of $875.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGBFAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Lewis+D.+Thill%22&pg=PA20&article_id=3985,3526670|title=Milwaukee Candidate To Protest Election|work=Telegraph Herald|date=December 10, 1942|page=20|access-date=April 21, 2023}}

Personal life and death

Thill was married to Carol Jean Werner.

Thill was well acquainted with Julius P. Heil, the 30th governor of Wisconsin, whose nephew married Thill's sister.{{cite news|last=Blackstone|first=Lillian|date=December 4, 1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cztPAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Lewis+D.+Thill%22&pg=PA7&article_id=4723,1081649|title=Congressmen Visiting Here Think War Danger Wanes|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=7|access-date=April 21, 2023}}

Later in life, Thill moved to San Diego, California, where he died at the age of 71 on May 6, 1975. He is entombed in Holy Cross Cemetery, located in San Diego.{{cite web|url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/theaker-thom.html|title=Thayn to Thoman|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=April 21, 2023}}

References

External links

[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000153 Official page] at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lewis_thill/410735 Profile] from GovTrack
[https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/lewis-dominic-thill-24-60g7cs Profile] from Ancestry.com
[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/theaker-thom.html Lewis Dominic Thill] at The Political Graveyard

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