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  Vail, Richard B.
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NameRichard B. Vail
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Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Born August 31, 1895
DiedJuly 29, 1955 (59 years)
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InfoVAIL, Richard Bernard, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 31, 1895; attended the public schools, the School of Commerce, the Chicago Technical College, and the John Marshall Law School; during the First World War served in the United States Army as a lieutenant of Infantry; engaged in the manufacture of steel products; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; elected to the Eighty-second Congress (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress and for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; chairman of the board of directors of the Vail Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill.; died in Chicago, Ill., July 29, 1955; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth, Ill.

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  11/02/1954 IL District 2 Lost 38.44% (-23.11%)
  04/13/1954 IL District 2-R Primary Won 50.13% (+10.61%)
  11/04/1952 IL District 2 Lost 48.59% (-2.82%)
  11/07/1950 IL District 2 Won 53.57% (+7.15%)
  04/11/1950 IL District 2-R Primary Won 73.91% (+54.67%)
  11/02/1948 IL District 2 Lost 46.94% (-3.60%)
  11/05/1946 IL District 2 Won 51.26% (+2.52%)
  04/09/1946 IL District 2 - R Primary Won 75.03% (+64.42%)
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