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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | William A. Rowan |
Address | 10741 Avenue B Chicago, Illinois , United States |
Email | None |
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November 24, 1882
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Died | May 31, 1961
(78 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
Last Modifed | ev Mar 03, 2023 08:44pm |
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Info | a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 24, 1882; was graduated from St. Patrick Grade School and St. Patrick High School and attended the University of Chicago; employed in a steel plant after graduation; associated with a daily community newspaper in Chicago, becoming city editor and editor, 1907-1927; served as alderman of the tenth ward of Chicago 1927-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; appointed United States Comptroller of Customs at Chicago, Ill., on January 21, 1947, in which capacity he served until 1953; died in Chicago, Ill., May 31, 1961; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth, Ill.
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