- Carl R. Chindblom
Carl Richard Chindblom (
December 21 ,1870 -September 12 ,1956 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Chicago, Illinois , Chindblom attended the public schools.He was graduated from Augustana College,Rock Island, Illinois , in 1890 and from the Kent College of Law (Lake Forest University ) at Chicago in 1898.He was a teacher in Martin Luther College in Chicago 1893-1896.He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced the practice of law inChicago, Illinois .He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916. Attorney for the Illinois State Board of Health in 1905 and 1906.He served as member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 1906-1910. County attorney of Cook County 1912-1914.He served as master in chancery of the circuit court of Cook County 1916-1918.Chindblom was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1919 -March 3 ,1933 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.He resumed the practice of law inChicago, Illinois , until his death. Referee in bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1934-1942.He died inChicago, Illinois ,September 12 ,1956 .He was interred in Ridgewood Cemetery,Des Plaines, Illinois .References
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