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Reed, Chauncey William, 1890-1956

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Personal name headingReed, Chauncey William, 1890-1956
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Variant(s)Reed, Chauncey W.
Birth date18900602
Death date19560209
Place of birthWest Chicago, Ill.
Place of deathBethesda, Md.
AffiliationUnited States. Army. Infantry Division, 86th
United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationlawyer
United States congressman
Found inMemorial services held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Chauncey William Reed, late a representative from Illinois, 1956
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 3, 2011 (Reed, Chauncy William (1890-1956); a Representative from Illinois; born June 2, 1890 in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois; attended Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; city treasurer of West Chicago, Illinois in 1913 and 1914; graduated from the Webster College of Law, Chicago, Illinois in 1915; practiced law in Naperville, Illinois; served as a sergeant of Infantry, Eighty-sixth Division, during the First World War; served as Stat's attorney of DuPage County, 1920-1935; chairman of DuPage County Republican central committee, 1926-1934; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses, and served form January 3, 1935 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on February 9, 1956; served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary for the Eighty-third Congress)