Thomas Lynch (congressman)

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Other notable people share this name. See Thomas Lynch (disambiguation).

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Biography

Thomas Lynch was born on November 21, 1844, in the town of Granville, Milwaukee County, in the Wisconsin Territory.<ref name="wihist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was educated in the common schools in Milwaukee County, then moved to the town of Chilton, Wisconsin, in Calumet County, in 1864, and purchased a farm.<ref name="north">Template:Cite book</ref>

In the Spring of 1867 he was elected to the town board of supervisor—winning his election by just 1 vote. The next year he was elected chairman of the town board; he was then re-elected in that office in 1869 and 1870. In 1871, he began teaching school while studying law.<ref name="north"/>

In 1872, he was elected to his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing all of Calumet County. He was elected running as an Independent candidate, but caucused as a Democrat after joining the 26th Wisconsin Legislature.<ref name="1873bio">Template:Cite report</ref>

After the legislative session, in the spring of 1873, he was elected chairman of both his town board and the Calumet County board of supervisors.<ref name="north"/> In 1874, he attended the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin, to complete his legal education. He graduated the following year and was admitted to the bar. He immediately returned to Calumet County and formed a law partnership with Calumet's incumbent district attorney John E. McMullen, known as McMullen & Lynch. In 1878 he was elected as successor to McMillan as district attorney, and served two terms.

In 1882, rather than running for another term as district attorney, he ran for election to the Assembly, and was elected to serve in the 36th Wisconsin Legislature.<ref name="1883bio">Template:Cite report</ref>

After the end of the 1883 legislative session, he moved north to Antigo, Wisconsin, in Langlade County. When Antigo was incorporated as a city, Lynch was elected the first mayor. He was subsequently elected to another term as mayor in 1888.<ref name="wihist"/>

In 1890, he was chosen as the Democratic Party nominee for United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin's 9th congressional district, which then comprised nearly all of northern Wisconsin—Ashland, Chippewa, Door, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida, Portage, Price, Sawyer, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca, and Wood counties.<ref name="1891bio">Template:Cite report</ref> At the general election, he defeated incumbent Republican congressman Myron H. McCord. He went on to win re-election in 1892 and served in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891Template:Spaced ndashMarch 3, 1895).<ref name="1893bio">Template:Cite report</ref> He was defeated in 1894, running for a third term.<ref name="1895bio">Template:Cite report</ref>

Lynch resumed his legal practice, but suffered from Bright's disease. In May 1898, he died of the disease at his summer home in Pelican Lake, Wisconsin.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life and family

Thomas Lynch married Winnifred Finucane on November 2, 1867. They had at least 10 children, though at least seven of those died in childhood. They were members of the Catholic Church.<ref name="north"/> It's not clear if any of his children survived him.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1872)

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Wisconsin Assembly (1882)

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U.S. House of Representatives (1890, 1892, 1894)

Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
1890<ref name="1891bio"/> Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap rowspan="3" valign="top" Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic 24,491 54.45% Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Republican | Rep. 19,161 42.60% 44,980 5,330
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Prohibition | Proh. 1,290 2.87%
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Democratic | Dem. 25 0.06%
1892<ref name="1893bio"/> Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap rowspan="3" valign="top" Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic 19,608 52.18% Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Republican | Rep. 16,519 43.96% 37,576 3,089
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Populist | Peo. 1,423 3.79%
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Prohibition | Proh. 26 0.07%
1894<ref name="1895bio"/> Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap rowspan="3" valign="top" Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican 22,741 55.98% Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Democratic | Dem. 14,910 36.70% 40,623 7,831
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Populist | Peo. 2,187 5.38%
Template:Nowrap valign="top" Template:Party shading/Prohibition | Proh. 785 1.93%

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