- Zeno J. Rives
Zeno John Rives (
February 22 ,1874 -September 2 ,1939 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born near
Greenfield, Indiana , Rives moved with his parents toLitchfield, Illinois , in 1880.He attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice inLitchfield, Illinois .He was appointed city clerk in June 1903.Rives was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (
March 4 ,1905 -March 3 ,1907 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress.He resumed the practice of law inLitchfield, Illinois .He was postmaster of Litchfield 1912-1916.He moved toDecatur, Illinois , in 1919, and engaged in the practice of law and also the real estate business.He died inDecatur, Illinois ,September 2 ,1939 .He was interred in Graceland Cemetery.References
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