Thomas Ryum Amlie
Thomas Ryum Amlie | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Blanchard |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Bolles |
| In office October 13, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Henry A. Cooper |
| Succeeded by | George W. Blanchard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 17, 1897 |
| Died | August 22, 1973 (aged 76) |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Party | Republican (before 1934) Progressive (1934–1941) Democratic (after 1941) |
| Spouse(s) |
Marian Caldwell Strong
(m. 1925; died 1930)Gehrta Farkasch Beyer
(m. 1932) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Hans Amlie (brother) Milly Bennett (sister-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of North Dakota attended University of Minnesota attended University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
Thomas Ryum Amlie (April 17, 1897 – August 22, 1973) was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Wisconsin. 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.
He was an elder brother of Hans Amlie, the socialist activist who served as a leader of American volunteers fighting for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.