Thomas D. Schall

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Thomas David Schall
U.S. Senator from Minnesota
In office March 4, 1925 to December 22, 1935
Preceded by	Magnus Johnson
Succeeded by	Elmer Austin Benson
Born	June 4, 1878 (1878-06-04) Reed City, Michigan
Died	December 22, 1935 (aged 57) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878 – December 22, 1935) was a United States politician. He served as a member of both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota.

He was born in Reed City, Michigan and moved with his family in 1884 to Campbell, Minnesota. He attended Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1902 and from the St. Paul College of Law in 1904.

He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1914 and served from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1925 in the 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, and 68th congresses. Schall was legally blind and was granted, by House vote, a full-time page to assist him with his work.^[1]

He was elected to the Senate in 1924, defeating Magnus Johnson with 46% of the vote, and served from March 4, 1925 until his death, in the 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, and 73rd congresses. He had a tough reelection campaign in 1930, facing strong candidates from both the Democratic and Farmer Labor Parties, and eventually won with 37% of the vote. He was killed in a car wreck in Washington, D.C., becoming one of few United States congressmen to die in office in a road accident in the history of the country.

Preceded by Magnus Johnson	United States Senator (Class 2) from Minnesota 1925 – 1935 Served alongside: Henrik Shipstead	Succeeded by Elmer Austin Benson
Preceded by —	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 10th congressional district 1915 – 1925	Succeeded by Godfrey G. Goodwin

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• Thomas D. Schall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] References

1. ^ "Thanked by Blind Member," New York Times, Jan. 29 1916. Link to .pdf text