William R. Thom
{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1885–1960)}}
{{for|the poet|William Thom (poet)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|birthname=William Richard Thom
|name = William R. Thom
|image=William R. Thom.jpg
|state1=Ohio
|district1={{ushr|Ohio|16|16th}}
|term_start1=March 4, 1933
|term_end1=January 3, 1939
|preceded1=Charles B. McClintock
|succeeded1=James Seccombe
|term_start2=January 3, 1941
|term_end2=January 3, 1943
|preceded2=James Seccombe
|succeeded2=Henderson H. Carson
|term_start3=January 3, 1945
|term_end3=January 3, 1947
|preceded3=Henderson H. Carson
|succeeded3=Henderson H. Carson
|party=Democratic
|birth_date={{birth date|1885|07|07}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1960|08|28|1885|07|07}}
|birth_place=Canton, Ohio
|death_place=Canton, Ohio
|restingplace=West Lawn Cemetery
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}}
William Richard Thom (July 7, 1885 – August 28, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three non-consecutive stints as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the mid-19th century.
Biography
Born in Canton, Ohio, Thom attended the public schools.
He engaged as a newspaper reporter from 1905 to 1909.
He attended Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio from 1909 to 1911.
= Congressional staff =
He served as private secretary to Congressman John J. Whitacre 1911–1913.
He served as member of the United States House of Representatives Press Galleries in 1915 and 1916.
= Legal career =
He was graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1916.
He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Canton, Ohio.
He served as member of the park commission of Canton from 1920 to 1932.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to Congress in 1920.
=Congress =
Thom was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
Thom was elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.
Thom was elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.
=Later career and death =
He resumed the practice of law.
He served as delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention.
He died in Canton, Ohio, August 28, 1960.
He was interred in West Lawn Cemetery.
Sources
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Category:Politicians from Canton, Ohio
Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Category:Case Western Reserve University alumni
Category:Burials at West Lawn Cemetery
Category:Lawyers from Canton, Ohio
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives