Thomas Ryum Amlie
American politician (1897-1973) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 76
Thomas Ryum Amlie was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Wisconsin.
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He served six years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district; he was first elected to 72nd Congress (1931-1933) as a progressive Republican, but was defeated in the 1932 Republican primary; he then returned to Congress running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, and served from 1935 to 1939. He helped established the Farmer-Labor-Progressive League and later the Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation. Inspired by the progressive policies of the Roosevelt administration, Amlie joined the Democratic Party in the 1940s and made two more unsuccessful bids for Congress.
