Robert McClory
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Robert McClory | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th district | |
In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Phil Crane |
Succeeded by | John N. Erlenborn |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 12th district | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 | |
Preceded by | Edward R. Finnegan |
Succeeded by | Phil Crane |
Member of the Illinois State Senate | |
In office 1953-1963 | |
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
In office 1951-1953 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Riverside, Illinois | January 31, 1908
Died | July 24, 1988 Washington, D.C. | (aged 80)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College Chicago-Kent College of Law |
Robert McClory (January 31, 1908 – July 24, 1988) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Riverside, Illinois, McClory attended the public schools, L'Institut Sillig, Vevey, Switzerland from 1925 to 1926, and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 1926 to 1928. He graduated from Chicago–Kent College of Law in 1932. He was admitted to the bar in 1932 and thereafter engaged in the practice of law in state and federal courts in Cook and Lake counties. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve 1933–1937.
McClory was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1950 and to the Illinois Senate in 1952, 1956, and 1960.
McClory was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.. He was United States delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference from 1963 to 1982, and honorary delegate, 1983 to 1988. He was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on July 24, 1988.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
- United States Congress. "Robert McClory (id: M000340)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Nixon Impeachment", by Mike McClory
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