Richard B. Vail

Richard Bernard Vail (August 31 1895 - July 29 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Vail attended the public schools, the School of Commerce, the Chicago Technical College, and the John Marshall Law School. During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a lieutenant of infantry. He engaged in the manufacture of steel products.

Vail was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 03 1947-January 03 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. Vail was elected to the Eighty-second Congress (January 03 1951-January 03 1953). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress and for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress.

He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Vail Manufacturing Co. of Chicago. Vail Manufacturing Company manufactured staplers, paper clips and fasteners. (The company was acquired by Acco Intl in 1964.)Mr. Vail died in Chicago at age 59, and was interred in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Worth, Illinois.

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