Thomas F. Konop

Thomas Frank Konop (August 17, 1879 - October 17, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Franklin, Wisconsin, Konop was educated at Two Rivers High School, Oshkosh State Normal School, and Northern Illinois College of Law.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1904.He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Kewaunee, Wisconsin.He served as district attorney of Kewaunee County 1905-1911.He moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and practiced law 1915-1917.

Konop was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.He resumed the practice of law in Madison, Wisconsin.He served as member of the Wisconsin State Industrial Commission 1917-1922.He served as member of State board of vocational education 1917-1922.He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and continued the practice of law in 1922 and 1923. Dean of the College of Law of the University of Notre Dame 1923-1941, and dean emeritus and professor of law until his retirement in 1950. Resided in South Bend, Indiana, until 1962.He died in San Pierre, Indiana, October 17, 1964.He was interred in Highland Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana.

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