district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party term_end birth_date term_start article_title state name
wisconsin 5 5th thomas o ' malley howard j. mcmurray 6 may 1975 milwaukee , wisconsin san diego , california republican january 3 , 1943 18 october 1903 january 3 , 1939 lewis d. thill
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lewis d. thill

lewis dominic thill -lrb- october 18 , 1903 - may 6 , 1975 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from wisconsin .
born in milwaukee , wisconsin , thill attended the public and parochial schools and graduated from marquette university , milwaukee , wisconsin , in 1926 .
he attended harvard graduate school , and northwestern university , evanston , illinois .
he graduated from the law department of the university of wisconsin -- madison in 1931 .
he was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced practice in milwaukee , wisconsin .
thill was elected as a republican to the seventy-sixth and the seventy-seventh congresses -lrb- january 3 , 1939-january 3 , 1943 -rrb- as the representative of wisconsin 's 5th congressional district .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the seventy-eighth congress and for election in 1944 to the seventy-ninth congress .
he engaged in real estate and investment business .
he moved to san diego , california , where he died on may 6 , 1975 .
he is entombed in holy cross mausoleum .
