Thom was elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress ( January 3 , 1945 – January 3 , 1947 ) . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress . He resumed the practice of law . He served as delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention . He died in Canton , Ohio , August 28 , 1960 . He was interred in West Lawn Cemetery
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
William R. Thom