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O'TOOLE, Thomas P.
O'TOOLE, Thomas P. (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, 1961). O'Toole was the senor partner of the Thomas P. O'Toole & Sons office supply company. He served prior to WORLD WAR I with the military on the Mexican border in 1916. During the war, he was in the infantry in France.
In 1958 O'Toole ran for unopposed for political office. Iowa Representative O'Toole suffered from a heart condition that kept him for some sessions of the 1961 Iowa Legislature where he was serving his second term.