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Church</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_E._Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ralph_E._Church.jpg/220px-Ralph_E._Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ralph_E._Church.jpg/330px-Ralph_E._Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ralph_E._Church.jpg/440px-Ralph_E._Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="819" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Simpson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Simpson, Jr.">James Simpson, Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_A._Paddock" title="George A. Paddock">George A. Paddock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Illinois10 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 10th congressional district">10th district</a></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1943 – March 21, 1950</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">George A. Paddock</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_S._Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Marguerite S. Church">Marguerite S. Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Illinois10 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 10th congressional district">10th district</a></span> (1943–49)<br /><span data-sort-value="Illinois13 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 13th congressional district">13th district</a></span> (1949–50)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1883-05-05</span>)</span>May 5, 1883<br /><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">Vermilion County, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 21, 1950<span style="display:none">(1950-03-21)</span> (aged 66)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois" title="Skokie, Illinois">Skokie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_S._Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Marguerite S. Church">Marguerite Stitt</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="December 21, 1918">1918</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a><br />Northwestern University</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ralph Edwin Church</b> (May 5, 1883 – March 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> politician. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a> from 1917 to 1932 and then represented the northern suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> for seven terms. He died in office in 1950 while testifying at a congressional hearing. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_E._Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Church was born on a farm near <a href="/wiki/Catlin,_Illinois" title="Catlin, Illinois">Catlin, Illinois</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vermillion_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermillion County, Illinois">Vermillion County, Illinois</a>. He went to Danville High School in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville, Illinois</a>. He received his bachelor's degree from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> and his master's and law degrees from <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>. Church was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1909 and practiced law in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>. He lived with his wife <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_S._Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Marguerite S. Church">Marguerite S. Church</a> and their family in <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a>. He served in the United States Navy during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_E._Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Church served in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a> from 1917 to 1932 as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>. 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Biographical Sketch of Ralph E. Church, pg. 224-225</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'Illinois Blue Book 1949-1950,' Biographical Sketch of Ralph E. Church, pg. 72-73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CHURCH,-Ralph-Edwin-(C000390)/">History, Art & Archives-United States House of Representatives-Ralph Erwin Church</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'Rep. R. 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seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/74th_United_States_Congress" title="74th United States Congress">74th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Hamilton_Lewis" title="J. Hamilton Lewis">J. H. Lewis</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Dieterich" title="William H. Dieterich">W. Dieterich</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_W._Arnold" title="William W. Arnold">W. Arnold</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_T._Buckbee" title="John T. Buckbee">J. Buckbee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claude_V._Parsons" title="Claude V. Parsons">C. Parsons</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_P._Beam" title="Harry P. Beam">H. Beam</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kent_E._Keller" title="Kent E. Keller">K. Keller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Kelly" title="Edward A. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Schuetz" title="Leonard W. Schuetz">L. Schuetz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Leroy_Adair" title="J. Leroy Adair">J. L. Adair</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_A._Brennan" title="Martin A. Brennan">M. Brennan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Dobbins" title="Donald C. Dobbins">D. Dobbins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_Kocialkowski" title="Leo Kocialkowski">L. Kocialkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Meeks" title="James A. Meeks">J. Meeks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_M._Schaefer" title="Edwin M. Schaefer">E. Schaefer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chester_C._Thompson" title="Chester C. Thompson">C. Thompson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Igoe" title="Michael L. Igoe">M. Igoe</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Mason" title="Harry H. Mason">H. Mason</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raymond_S._McKeough" title="Raymond S. McKeough">R. McKeough</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wergs_Mitchell" title="Arthur Wergs Mitchell">A. Mitchell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/75th_United_States_Congress" title="75th United States Congress">75th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Hamilton_Lewis" title="J. Hamilton Lewis">J. H. Lewis</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Dieterich" title="William H. Dieterich">W. Dieterich</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claude_V._Parsons" title="Claude V. Parsons">C. Parsons</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_P._Beam" title="Harry P. Beam">H. Beam</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kent_E._Keller" title="Kent E. Keller">K. Keller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Kelly" title="Edward A. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Schuetz" title="Leonard W. Schuetz">L. Schuetz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_Kocialkowski" title="Leo Kocialkowski">L. Kocialkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Meeks" title="James A. Meeks">J. Meeks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_M._Schaefer" title="Edwin M. Schaefer">E. Schaefer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chester_C._Thompson" title="Chester C. Thompson">C. Thompson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raymond_S._McKeough" title="Raymond S. McKeough">R. McKeough</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wergs_Mitchell" title="Arthur Wergs Mitchell">A. Mitchell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laurence_F._Arnold" title="Laurence F. Arnold">L. Arnold</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lewis_L._Boyer" title="Lewis L. Boyer">L. Boyer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_V._Champion" title="Edwin V. Champion">E. Champion</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Fries" title="Frank W. Fries">F. Fries</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lewis_M._Long" title="Lewis M. Long">L. Long</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Noah_M._Mason" title="Noah M. Mason">N. Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_M._Rigney" title="Hugh M. Rigney">H. Rigney</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/76th_United_States_Congress" title="76th United States Congress">76th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Hamilton_Lewis" title="J. Hamilton Lewis"><i>J. H. Lewis</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Slattery" title="James M. Slattery"><i>J. Slattery</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Brooks" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Brooks"><i>C. Brooks</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claude_V._Parsons" title="Claude V. Parsons">C. Parsons</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_P._Beam" title="Harry P. Beam">H. Beam</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kent_E._Keller" title="Kent E. Keller">K. Keller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Kelly" title="Edward A. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Schuetz" title="Leonard W. Schuetz">L. Schuetz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_Kocialkowski" title="Leo Kocialkowski">L. Kocialkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_M._Schaefer" title="Edwin M. Schaefer">E. Schaefer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raymond_S._McKeough" title="Raymond S. McKeough">R. McKeough</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wergs_Mitchell" title="Arthur Wergs Mitchell">A. Mitchell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laurence_F._Arnold" title="Laurence F. Arnold">L. Arnold</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Fries" title="Frank W. Fries">F. Fries</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Noah_M._Mason" title="Noah M. Mason">N. Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Barnes_(politician)" title="James M. Barnes (politician)">J. Barnes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Chiperfield" title="Robert B. Chiperfield">R. Chiperfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anton_J._Johnson" title="Anton J. Johnson">A. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Martin_(politician)" title="John C. Martin (politician)">J. Martin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/A._F._Maciejewski" title="A. F. Maciejewski">A. F. Maciejewski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Vernor_Smith" title="Thomas Vernor Smith">T. Smith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Sumner" title="Jessie Sumner">J. Sumner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wheat" title="William H. Wheat">B. Wheat</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/78th_United_States_Congress" title="78th United States Congress">78th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Brooks" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Brooks">C. Brooks</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Schuetz" title="Leonard W. Schuetz">L. Schuetz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Noah_M._Mason" title="Noah M. Mason">N. Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Chiperfield" title="Robert B. Chiperfield">R. Chiperfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anton_J._Johnson" title="Anton J. Johnson">A. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Sumner" title="Jessie Sumner">J. Sumner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wheat" title="William H. Wheat"><i>B. Wheat</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._W._Bishop" title="C. W. Bishop">C. W. Bishop</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Day" title="Stephen A. Day">S. Day</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dewey" title="Charles S. Dewey">C. Dewey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_V._Heidinger" title="James V. Heidinger">J. Heidinger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Evan_Howell" title="George Evan Howell">G. Howell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_E._Busbey" title="Fred E. Busbey">F. Busbey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(politician)" title="William L. Dawson (politician)">W. Dawson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gordon" title="Thomas S. Gordon">T. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gorski" title="Martin Gorski">M. Gorski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Calvin_D._Johnson" title="Calvin D. Johnson">C. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rowan" title="William A. Rowan">W. Rowan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sid_Simpson" title="Sid Simpson">S. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Vursell" title="Charles W. Vursell">C. Vursell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rolla_C._McMillen" title="Rolla C. McMillen"><i>R. McMillen</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/79th_United_States_Congress" title="79th United States Congress">79th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Brooks" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Brooks">C. Brooks</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Kelly" title="Edward A. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Noah_M._Mason" title="Noah M. Mason">N. Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Chiperfield" title="Robert B. Chiperfield">R. Chiperfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anton_J._Johnson" title="Anton J. Johnson">A. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Sumner" title="Jessie Sumner">J. Sumner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._W._Bishop" title="C. W. Bishop">C. W. Bishop</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_V._Heidinger" title="James V. Heidinger"><i>J. Heidinger</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Evan_Howell" title="George Evan Howell">G. Howell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(politician)" title="William L. Dawson (politician)">W. Dawson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gordon" title="Thomas S. Gordon">T. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gorski" title="Martin Gorski">M. Gorski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rowan" title="William A. Rowan">W. Rowan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sid_Simpson" title="Sid Simpson">S. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Vursell" title="Charles W. Vursell">C. Vursell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rolla_C._McMillen" title="Rolla C. McMillen">R. McMillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_W._Link" title="William W. Link">W. Link</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alexander_J._Resa" title="Alexander J. Resa">A. Resa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emily_Taft_Douglas" title="Emily Taft Douglas">E. Douglas</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clippinger" title="Roy Clippinger"><i>R. Clippinger</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress" title="80th United States Congress">80th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Brooks" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Brooks">C. Brooks</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_E._Allen" title="Leo E. Allen">L. Allen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">E. Dirksen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_C._Arends" title="Leslie C. Arends">L. Arends</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_W._Reed" title="Chauncey W. Reed">C. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Noah_M._Mason" title="Noah M. Mason">N. Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Chiperfield" title="Robert B. Chiperfield">R. Chiperfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anton_J._Johnson" title="Anton J. Johnson">A. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._W._Bishop" title="C. W. Bishop">C. W. Bishop</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Evan_Howell" title="George Evan Howell">G. Howell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(politician)" title="William L. Dawson (politician)">W. Dawson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gordon" title="Thomas S. Gordon">T. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gorski" title="Martin Gorski">M. Gorski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sid_Simpson" title="Sid Simpson">S. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Vursell" title="Charles W. Vursell">C. Vursell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rolla_C._McMillen" title="Rolla C. McMillen">R. McMillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clippinger" title="Roy Clippinger">R. Clippinger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_E._Busbey" title="Fred E. Busbey">F. Busbey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Stratton" title="William Stratton">W. Stratton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Jenison" title="Edward H. Jenison">E. Jenison</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Owens" title="Thomas L. Owens">T. Owens</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Twyman" title="Robert Twyman">R. Twyman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Vail" title="Richard B. Vail">R. Vail</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/81st_United_States_Congress" title="81st United States Congress">81st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">S. Lucas</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Douglas_(Illinois_politician)" title="Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)">P. 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Mason</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Church</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Brien_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)">T. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Chiperfield" title="Robert B. Chiperfield">R. Chiperfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._W._Bishop" title="C. W. Bishop">C. W. Bishop</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(politician)" title="William L. Dawson (politician)">W. Dawson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gordon" title="Thomas S. Gordon">T. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gorski" title="Martin Gorski">M. Gorski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sid_Simpson" title="Sid Simpson">S. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Vursell" title="Charles W. Vursell">C. Vursell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rolla_C._McMillen" title="Rolla C. McMillen">R. McMillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Jenison" title="Edward H. Jenison">E. Jenison</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_V._Buckley" title="James V. Buckley">J. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Chesney" title="Chester A. Chesney">C. Chesney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Hoffman" title="Richard W. Hoffman">R. 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