Q:Facts: - death place: washington , d.c. - preceded: magnus johnson district created - party: republican - death date: 22 december 1935 - district: 10th - term end: december 22 , 1935 march 3 , 1925 - succeeded: elmer austin benson godfrey g. goodwin - term start: march 4 , 1925 march 4 , 1915 - state: minnesota - name: thomas david schall - birth date: 4 june 1878 - birth place: reed city , michigan - religion: episcopalian - alma mater: university of minnesota william mitchell college of law Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas d. schall .
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thomas david schall -lrb- june 4 , 1878december 22 , 1935 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician .he served in both the united states house of representatives and the united states senate from minnesota .he was initially elected as a progressive but later joined the republican party .schall was born in reed city , michigan , and moved with his family to campbell , minnesota , in 1884 .he initially attended hamline university , but graduated from the university of minnesota in 1902 , followed by william mitchell college of law -lrb- then the st. paul college of law -rrb- in 1904 .three years later , he was blinded by an electrical shock from a cigar lighter .schall was elected to the house of representatives in 1914 and served from march 4 , 1915 , to march 4 , 1925 , in the 64th , 65th , 66th , 67th , and 68th congresses .as he was legally blind , he was granted , by house vote , a full-time page to assist him with his work .after losing the republican primary for a special election to the senate in 1923 , schall was elected to the senate in 1924 , defeating magnus johnson with 46 % of the vote .he served from march 4 , 1925 , until his death , in the 69th , 70th , 71st , 72nd , and 73rd congresses .he had a tough re-election campaign in 1930 , facing strong candidates from both the democratic and farmer labor parties , and eventually won with 37 % of the vote .schall was struck by a hit and run driver while walking across the baltimore-washington parkway in cottage city , maryland , on december 19 , 1935 .he died in washington three days later , becoming one of few united states senators or congressmen to die in a road accident while in office .he is buried in lakewood cemetery in minneapolis .