Thomas Frank Konop (August 17, 1879 – October 17, 1964) was a

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from

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. Konop was born in Franklin, Wisconsin and was of Czech descent. Konop studied at Two Rivers High School, Oshkosh State Normal School (now the

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), and Northern Illinois College of Law. He graduated from the

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in 1904. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in

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. He served as district attorney of

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from 1905 to 1911. He moved to

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, and practiced law from 1915 to 1917. Konop was elected as a member of the

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to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth

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(March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917). He represented

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.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1915,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas F. Konop. pg. 482 He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He resumed the practice of law in

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. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Industrial Commission from 1917 to 1922. He served as a member of State board of vocational education from 1917 to 1922. He moved to

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, and continued the practice of law in 1922 and 1923. Konop served as dean of the College of Law of the

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from 1923 to 1941, and dean emeritus and professor of law until his retirement in 1950. He continued to live in

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, until 1962. Konop died in

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, on October 17, 1964. He was interred in Highland Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Konop, Thomas Frank 1879 births 1964 deaths People from Kewaunee, Wisconsin People from Starke County, Indiana Northern Illinois University alumni University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh alumni University of Nebraska alumni American prosecutors American people of Czech descent University of Notre Dame faculty Notre Dame Law School faculty Wisconsin lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Politicians from South Bend, Indiana People from Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin