- James M. Slattery
James Michael Slattery (
July 29 ,1878 -August 28 ,1948 was aUnited States Senator fromIllinois .Born in
Chicago , he attendedparochial school s andSt. Ignatius College (now known asLoyola University Chicago ). He was employed as a secretary with thebuilding department s of the city of Chicago in 1905, and graduated fromIllinois College of Law at Chicago in 1908. He was admitted to the bar that year and commenced practice in Chicago, and was a member of the Illinois College of Law faculty from 1909 to 1912. He was superintendent of public service ofCook County, Illinois from 1910 to 1912 and was secretary ofWebster College of Law in Chicago from 1912 to 1914. He was counsel for theLincoln Park Commission in 1933 and 1934 and for the Chicago Park District, 1934 to 1936. He was chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission from 1936 to 1939, and was appointed on April 14, 1939 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJames Hamilton Lewis and served from April 14, 1939, to November 21, 1940, when a duly elected successor qualified. Slattery was an unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and resumed the practice of law in Chicago. He died at his summer home atLake Geneva, Wisconsin and was interred in Calvary Cemetery,Evanston, Illinois .
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