Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985

LC control no.	no2011130958
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	18950927
Death date	19850717
Place of birth	Melvin, Ill.
Place of death	Naples, Fla.
Affiliation	United States. Navy United States. Congress. House
Found in	Leslie C. Arends, 1955: title frame (the Honorable Leslie C. Arends, United States Representative from Illinois and Minority Party whip) Wikipedia, via WWW, August 19, 2011 (Leslie C. Arends; born Leslie Cornelius Arends on September 27, 1895 in Melvin, Illinois to George Teis Arends and Talea Weiss; served in the United States Navy during World War I and earned a law degree while attending Oberlin College in Ohio and Illinois Wesleyan University; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 17th district from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1973; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 15th district from January 3, 1973 to December 31, 1974; was the longest-serving whip in U.S. House of Representatives history, ranking second in the party in the House; he alternately served as majority whip and minority whip for House Republicans from May 1943 to December 31, 1974; died July 17, 1985) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 19, 2011 (Arends, Leslie Cornelius, (1895-1985); a Representative from Illinois; served in the United States Navy in 1918 and 1919; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; in 1935 became member of the Ford County (Ill.) Farm Bureau and in 1938 a member of the board of trustees of the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth Congress; reelected to the nineteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his resignation December 31, 1974; minority whip (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses, Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, and Eighty-fourth through Ninety-third Congresses), majority whip (Eightieth Congress and Eighty-third Congress); died in Naples, Florida)