Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878 – December 22, 1935) was a 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.
He was born in Reed City, Michigan and moved with his family in 1884 to Campbell, Minnesota. He initially attended Hamline University, but graduated from the University o...
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Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878 – December 22, 1935) was a 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.
He was born in Reed City, Michigan and moved with his family in 1884 to Campbell, Minnesota. He initially attended Hamline University, but graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1902, followed by William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1904. Three years later, he was blinded by an electrical shock from a cigar lighter.
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.
After losing the Republican primary for a special election to the Senate in 1923, Schall was elected to...
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