ILLINOIS

(Population (1930), 7,630,654)

SENATORS

JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.; born in Virginia; student in school in Georgia; attended the University of Virginia; have lesser degrees, universities in Ohio and Texas, and honorary degrees for countries in Europe; admitted to practice law at the city of Seattle, State of Washington; was member of upper house of legislature, State of Washington; Democratic Congressman at large for State of Washington; married Rose Lawton Douglas, of Georgia. Served as officer in Spanish-American War; transferred from State guard as voluntary officer, first to staff of General Brooke in Cuba, later on staff of Gen. Fred Grant in Puerto Rico; at end of service mustered out at Newport News; moved to Chicago, 1903; was selected by mayor and city council of Chicago as corporation counsel of the city, 1905. Author of treatises of Federal law, "Removal of Causes"; also on the law of injunctions. Author of works on history-particularly of governmental nature "The Two Great Republics, Rome and America"; coauthor with other writers on general subjects of the law of government and political systems. Was chosen at Democratic primary ballot of 1912 for United States Senator for State of Illinois, and the election confirmed by the legislature of State, electing Lewis as Democrat for Senate, long term, 1913 to 1919; was named by the majority of the United States Senate as Senate whip the first whip the Senate allowed itself to adopt as a part of its organization. As Senator, was designated from time to time in matters with foreign countries; named by President Wilson delegate to represent Senate at Safety at Sea Convention at London, 1914. During World War designated to incidental service in Europe and reporting service to President Wilson; in other instances to Secretary of War and Secretary of State. Was decorated by foreign countries; reported in Paris to General Pershing, and General Dawes as to matters committed to his service. At the conclusion of these duties was complimented by Gen. George Bell, as commanding general; requested as staff aide to perform war duties; returning on naval ship Mount Vernon, serving with others put in care of wounded soldiers, the ship was torpedoed at sea; later, crippled, in to Brest, France. Lewis returned to Illinois and was nominated governor by convention, confirming the primary vote of 1920; was defeated in election by Republican candidate -afterward Governor Small. As a Democrat, was reelected to the United States Senate on November 4, 1930, by popular vote, with majority of 750,000, taking office on March 4, 1931. Elected Senate whip of the majority party, later being appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Election of Democratic Senators.

WILLIAM H. DIETERICH, Democrat, of Beardstown, Ill.; born March 31, 1876, at Cooperstown, Brown County, Ill.; graduate of Kennedy Normal and Business College (private), Rushville, Ill., and Northern Indiana Law School, Valparaiso, Ind.; attorney at law by profession; served as city attorney of Rushville, Ill.; treasurer of Rushville union schools; master in chancery, Schuyler County; county judge, Schuyler County; special inheritance tax attorney from 1913 to 1917; representative in the fiftieth and fifty-first general assemblies of the State of Illinois; corporal in Company K of Anderson's Provisional Regiment, Spanish-American War; elected on November 4, 1930, from the State at large, to the Seventy-second Congress; elected on November 8, 1932, to the United States Senate for the term ending in 1939; married Nona S. Runkle and they have two children-Ruth Dieterich Kalthoff, and William J., of Beardstown.

REPRESENTATIVES

AT LARGE.-Population (1930), 7,630,654.

MARTIN ADLAI BRENNAN, Democrat, of Bloomington, Ill., bachelor; born September 21, 1879, at Bloomington, where he has always resided; graduate of local schools and of Wesleyan College of Law, Bloomington, in 1902; served as presiding judge of the Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; served two terms as representative in the General Assembly of Illinois, 1921-23; elected as Congressman at Large from Illinois to the Seventy-third Congress on November 8, 1932;

reelected November 6, 1934. as Congressman at Large to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

MICHAEL L. IGOE, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.

FIRST DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 1; ward 2, precincts 1 to 94; ward 4, precincts 1 to 7; ward 11, precincts 40 to 54. Population (1930), 142,916.

ARTHUR W. MITCHELL, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill., was born and reared on a farm in Randolph County, Ala.; attended the public schools until 14 years of age, when he left home and walked the entire distance (66 miles) to Tuskegee College at Tuskegee, where he worked on the farm during the day and attended school at night; taught in the public schools of Georgia and Alabama; attended Talladega College, Talladega, Ala., and Harvard and Columbia Universities; established the Armstrong Agricultural College, and served for 10 years as president without salary; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Washington, D. C.; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1928 and continued the practice of law; member of the Odd Fellows, Pythian, Elks, and Masonic Lodges; member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and served as its national president for 8 years; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934.

SECOND DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 3, precincts 1 to 58; ward 4, precincts 8 to 67; wards 5 to 8; ward 9, precincts 1 to 20, and that part of 21 east of South Halsted Street, and 22 to 58; ward 10; ward 17, precincts 53, 54, 70, and 71; ward 19, precincts 52, 56, and 58. Population (1930), 577,998. RAYMOND S. McKEOUGH, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.; born April 29, 1888, at Chicago, Ill., the second son of Timothy and Catherine Wiley McKeough; educated in the public and parochial schools, and was graduated from De La Salle Institute, Chicago, in 1905; began his business career with Armour & Co., and the livestock commission houses of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago; in clerical and executive departments of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad for 17 years; connected with the investment securities business in Chicago since 1927; at present with brokerage firm of Babcock, Rushton & Co., New York and Chicago; married January 13, 1911, to Mary Ethel Ormsby, daughter of Richard W. and Margaret Ormsby, and they have two daughters-Mary Margaret and Catherine McKeough; member of the eighth ward regular Democratic organization of Chicago; alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1932; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress (first political office sought) on November 6, 1934, defeating the incumbent Republican, Patrick H. Moynihan. THIRD DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 3, precincts 59 to 63 and 70; ward 9, that part of precinct 21 west of South Halsted Street; ward 13, precincts 5 to 54; ward 14, precincts 24 to 42 and 50 to 53; ward 15, precincts 5 to 54; ward 16; ward 17, precincts 1 to 52, 55 to 69, 72, and 73; ward 18; ward 19, precincts 1 to 51, 53 to 55, and 57. COOK COUNTY: Townships of Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Lemont, Orland, Palos, Rich, Thornton, and Worth. Population (1930), 540,666.

EDWARD A. KELLY, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.; born in the city of Chicago, April 3, 1892; graduated from the Longfellow School, the Lake High School, and Orr's Business College; played professional baseball; employed by the Illinois Steel Co. as accountant; entered the United States Army during the World War, served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, honorably discharged February 28, 1919; organized the real estate and insurance firm of E. A. Kelly Co., which bears his name; always active in civic and political affairs in his district for the past 20 years; was elected president of the thirty-second ward Democratic organization when only 23 years old; married Miss Rosemary Eulert, of Lemont, Ill., and is the father of 2 sons and 1 daughter, Edward A., Jr., age 7 years, Robert J., age 5 years, and Rosemary, age 2 years; elected to the Seventysecond Congress on November 4, 1930, receiving 82,748 votes, a plurality of 23,384 over E. W. Sproul, Republican, who received 59,364 votes; reelected to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 2, precincts 95 to 97; ward 3, precincts 64 to 69; ward 11, precincts 1 to 39, 55, and 56; ward 12; ward 13, that part of precinct 1 east of Cicero Avenue, and precincts 2 to 4; ward 14, precincts 1 to 23 and 43 to 49; ward 15, precincts 1 to 4; ward 21, precincts 7 to 11 and 25 to 27; ward 22, that part of precinct 7 south of Twenty-second Street, and precincts 18 to 20 and 22 to 42; ward 25, precincts 31 and 37 to 40. Population (1930), 237,139.

HARRY P. BEAM, Democrat, of Chicago; born in Peoria, Ill., November 23, 1892; resided in Chicago since he was 7 years of age; was graduated from high school, St. Ignatius College, and Loyola University; admitted to practice law

in the State of Illinois in 1916; enlisted in the United States Navy during the World War; served as commander of the Armour Post American Legion; served as assistant corporation counsel of the city of Chicago, 1923-27; member of Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and American Bar Association; married Miss Marge Brown, of Chicago, June 1921, and they have one daughter, Betty Jane Beam; elected to Seventy-second Congress on November 4, 1930; reelected to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 20, precincts 4 to 14 and 33 to 52; ward 21, precincts 1 to 6, 12 to 24, and 28 to 49; ward 22, that part of precinct 7 north of West Twenty-second Street, and precincts 8 to 13 and 21; ward 24, precincts 13 to 17 and 41 to 47; ward 25, precincts 26 to 30, 32 to 36, and 41. Population (1930), 140,481.

ADOLPH J. SABATH, Dean of the House, Democrat, of Chicago; born April 4, 1866, in Czechoslovakia; lawyer; for 12 years judge of the municipal court of Chicago; married Mae Ruth Fuerst in 1917; member of Masonic bodies and other clubs and organizations of Chicago, Ill.; elected to the Sixtieth and to all subsequent Congresses; member of the Steering Committee; member of the Rules Committee.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 13, that part of precinct 1 west of Cicero Avenue, and precincts 55 to 59; ward 20, precincts 1 to 3; ward 22, precincts 1 to 6 and 14 to 17; ward 23; ward 24, precincts 1 to 12, 18 to 40, and 48 to 53; ward 25, precincts 1 to 25; ward 27, precincts 1 to 43, 61, and 62; ward 28, precincts 53 to 57; ward 29; ward 30, precincts 21 to 66; ward 37, precincts 46 to 78. COOK COUNTY: Townships of Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Oak Park, Proviso, River Forest, Riverside, and Stickney. Population (1930), 632,834.

THOMAS J. O'BRIEN, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.; born April 30, 1878, in Chicago, Ill.; educated in high school and took advanced courses in business law and accounting; married Nettie Kaufer, July 15, 1920; was State representative in the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fifty-sixth, and fifty-seventh general assemblies; was State bank examiner under auditors Brady, Russel, and Nelson; associated in the accounting business with John S. Weisbach & Co.; elected to the Seventythird Congress, receiving 164,187 votes, his opponent, Alfred F. Ruben, Republican, receiving 95,637 votes; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 26, precincts 1 to 7; ward 28, precincts 1 to 52; ward 30, precincts 1 to 20; ward 31; ward 32, precincts 1 to 21; ward 33, precincts 1 to 48; wards 34 to 36; ward 37, precincts 1 to 45; wards 38 to 40; ward 41, that part of precinct 1 south of Devon Avenue, and precincts 2 to 61; ward 45, precinct 1; ward 47, precincts 1 to 18; ward 50, precincts 52 to 69. COOK COUNTY: Townships of Barrington, Elk Grove, Hanover, Leyden, Maine, Norwood Park, Palatine, Schaumberg, and Wheeling. Population (1930), 889,349.

LEONARD WILLIAM SCHUETZ, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill., was born in Posen, Germany, now Poland, November 16, 1887; came to Chicago with his father when 1 year of age; father died when boy was 10 years of age; went to work at the age of 10; educated himself, public schools (grammar school, high school, and business college); stenographer and secretary for number of years; later, executive position with Swift & Co., Chicago, for 15 years; past 10 years president and treasurer of Schuetz Construction Co., Chicago, general contractors and builders; elected to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 20, precincts 15 to 32; ward 26, precincts 8 to 42; ward 27, precincts 44 to 60; ward 32, precincts 22 to 47; ward 33, precincts 49 to 51. Population (1930), 138,216.

LEO KOCIALKOWSKI, Democrat, of Chicago, Ill.; born in Chicago, in district he now represents, August 16, 1882; educated in public schools; in charge of tax appraisals and delinquent tax collections in office of Cook County treasurer, 16 years; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1928; elected ward committeeman, 1930, and reelected in 1932 and 1934; elected to the Seventy-third Congress, and reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

NINTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 42; ward 43, precincts 10 to 42; ward 44, precincts 1 to 45; ward 46, precincts 12 to 59. Population (1930), 209,650.

JAMES MCANDREWS, Democrat, of Chicago, was born in Woonsocket, R. I., October 22, 1862, was elected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses; again elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

TENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF CHICAGO: Ward 41, that part of precinct 1 north of Devon Avenue; ward 43, precincts 1 to 9; ward 41, precincts 46 to 56; ward 45, precincts 2 to 63; ward 46, precincts 1 to 11; ward 47, precincts 19 to 73, 76, and 77; wards 48 and 49; ward 50, precincts 1 to 51, and 70 to 73. Cook COUNTY: Townships of Evanston, New Trier, Niles, and Northfield. LAKE COUNTY. Population (1930), 577,261.

RALPH E. CHURCH, Republican, 300 Church Street, Evanston; lawyer, 10 South LaSalle Street, Chicago; was born on a farm near Catlin, Vermilion County, Ill., May 5, 1883; received degree of A. B., University of Michigan, 1907, A. M. and LL. B., Northwestern University, 1909; admitted to the bar in 1909, since which time he has practiced law in Chicago; elected to the Illinois Legislature as representative from the sixth district in 1916; member of executive committee, central department, Citizens' Military Training Camp Association, 1916; in May 1917, while serving in the fiftieth general assembly, he volunteered for military service; was later honorably discharged and was reelected to the fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, and fiftyseventh general assemblies; is a member of the Chicago, Ill., and American Bar Associations, Chicago Association of Commerce, Union League Club, Hamilton Club, Evanston University Club, Kiwanis, Phi Kappa Psi, and Delta Chi fraternities; Methodist; trustee of the National College of Education; married Marguerite Stitt, of New York City, on December 21, 1918, and they have three children-Ralph Edwin, Jr., 14, William Stitt, 10, and Marjory Williams, 6; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, receiving 100,161 votes, as against 94,993 for his Democratic opponent.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.—COUNTIES: Du Page, Kane, McHenry, and Will (4 counties). Population (1930), 363,136.

CHAUNCEY W. REED, Republican, of West Chicago, Ill., was born at West Chicago, Ill., June 2, 1890; educated in West Chicago public and high schools, North Western University, and Webster College of Law, where he graduated in 1915 with degree of LL. B.; served one term as city treasurer of the city of West Chicago, 1913-14; admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1915; elected and served four terms as secretary of the Du Page County Bar Association; during the World War served in the Eighty-sixth Division of the American Expeditionary Forces; elected State's attorney of Du Page County in 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932; was first commander of Naperville Post, No. 3, of the American Legion, and served as National Garde de la Porte and National Conducteur of La Société des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux; served two terms as president of the Illinois State's Attorneys' Association in 1927 and 1933; was chairman of the Du Page County Republican Central Committee for 8 years; a member of the law firm of Reed & Keeney, of Naperville, Ill.; was appointed in 1933 and reappointed in 1934 as one of a committee of nine by the Illinois State Bar Association to prepare a revision of the criminal laws of Illinois for presentation to the general assembly of that State; married, and has one daughter; on November 6, 1934, was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, receiving 69,469 votes, to 68,748 for James A. Howell, Democrat.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Boone, De Kalb, Grundy, Kendall, La Salle, and Winnebago (6 counties). Population (1930), 292,023.

JOHN T. BUCKBEE, Republican, of Rockford, was born in Rockford, Ill., son of Theodore E. and Catherine E. Buckbee; received his education in the Rockford city schools and later took his technical training in agriculture and horticulture in Austria, France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, and Great Britain; is married and has two daughters; president of the nationally known H. W. Buckbee Seed Co., of Rockford, Ill.; was elected on November 2, 1926, to the Seventieth Congress; reelected to Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventythird, and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Whiteside (6 counties). Population (1930), 178,198.

LEO ELWOOD ALLEN, Republican, of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill., was born in Elizabeth, Ill., on the 5th day of October 1898; graduate of Galena High School and of the University of Michigan, 1923; attorney at law; member of law firm of Allen & Heer, Galena, Ill.; during World War served for 27 months in this country and in France as a sergeant in the One hundred and twenty-third Regiment Field Artillery, Thirty-third Division; elected to the Seventy-third Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and Warren (6 counties). Population (1930), 199,104.

CHESTER THOMPSON, Democrat, was born in Rock Island, Ill., September 19, 1893, and has lived in that city all his life; his parents were Charles L. and Susan Miller Thompson, both of whom came from old-established families of the community; was educated in the public and high schools of Rock Island, and upon finishing his education there, in 1910 became associated with his father in the plastering-contracting business, which, since his father's death in 1925, he is still conducting under the name of Charles L. Thompson Son Co.; was elected treasurer of Rock Island County, in 1922; after completing his term in 1926, he temporarily retired from politics, but early in 1927 was drafted by his friends to become Democratic candidate for mayor of the city of Rock Island; was successful and was the first Democratic mayor of his home city in exactly 30 years; was reelected mayor in 1929, and in 1931 was elected for the third time; was elected a member of the Democratic State central committee, in 1930, and served during the Democratic State primary of 1932, not seeking reelection, due to the fact that he became his party's candidate for the nomination of Representative in Congress; was unopposed in the primary; married Miss Margaret Flynn, of Davenport, Iowa, in 1924; elected to the Seventy-third Congress, and reelected to the Seventyfourth Congress.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Adams, Fulton, Henry, Knox, and Schuyler (5 counties). Population (1930), 213,630.

J. LEROY ADAIR, Democrat, of Quincy, Ill., was born at Clayton, Ill., February 23, 1887; graduated from the Clayton High School; attended Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1911; attorney at law, also interested in farming and manufacturing; served as city attorney of Quincy, 1914-16, and as State's attorney of Adams County, 1916-20 and 1924-28; member of the State Senate, 1928-32; married; elected to the Seventy-third Congress, receiving 55,739 votes, and Burnett M. Chiperfield, Republican, 42,255 votes; reelected to the Seventyfourth Congress.

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bureau, Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, and Tazewell (6 counties). Population (1930), 253,713.

EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Republican, of Pekin, Ill., born at Pekin, Ill., January 4, 1896; attended the graded and high schools of Pekin and the University of Minnesota College of Law; served in the United States Army, 1917-19; married and has one child; elected to the Seventy-third Congress on November 8, 1932, receiving 67,948 votes, and defeating E. S. Carr, Democrat, who received 44,902 votes; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, by a majority of 27,682 votes over his Democratic opponent.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Ford, Livingston, Logan, McLean, and Woodford (5 counties). Population (1930), 175,353.

LESLIE C. ARENDS, Republican, of Melvin, Ill.; born at Melvin, Ill., September 27, 1895; attended grade and high schools at Melvin, Ill., and Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; served in the United States Navy during the World War; charter member of Melvin Post No. 642, American Legion, serving as post commander, county commander, and seventeenth district commander; member of Ford County Farm Bureau, past member of board of directors of Wesley Foundation at the University of Illinois; actively engaged in banking and farming since 1920; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934.

EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clark, Cumberland, Edgar, Iroquois, Kankakee, and Vermilion (6 counties). Population (1930), 225,604.

JAMES A. MEEKS, Democrat, of Danville, Ill.; born at New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, and brought to Vermilion County, Ill., when 1 year old; his parents, Moses and Susan Hackathorn Meeks, were pioneers, settling on a farm 11 miles southeast of Danville, in the neighborhood of McKendree, where he grew to manhood, getting his training in debate at the lively literary societies of the Wingard and other schools; attended Westfield College and Illinois College, from which he received the degree of A. M.; studied law with Judge E. R. E. Kimbrough, a leading Democrat of Illinois, and was admitted to the bar, soon