Lewis Dominic Thill (October 18, 1903 – May 6, 1975) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Thill attended the

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and

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s and graduated from

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, in 1926.

Personal life

He attended Harvard Graduate School, and

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, in

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. He graduated from the law department of the

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in 1931. He was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced practice in

. He engaged in the real estate and investment business. He moved to

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, where he died on May 6, 1975. He is entombed in the Holy Cross Cemetery.

Political career

Thill was elected as a

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to the Seventy-sixth and the Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943) as the representative of

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the

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and for election in 1944 to the

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References

1903 births 1975 deaths Marquette University alumni Harvard University alumni Northwestern University alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni California Republicans Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin 20th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-Representative-stub