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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJeffrey Paul HILLELSON
(1919-2003)
HILLELSON, Jeffrey Paul, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Springfield, Clark County,
Ohio, March 9, 1919; attended the public schools; graduated from
the University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1947; United States Army,
1942-1946, retaining his commission in the Reserve; business owner,
1947-1952; chair, Republican City Central Committee of
Independence, Mo., 1949; elected as a Republican to the
Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-fourth Congress
in 1954; executive assistant to the Postmaster General, Washington,
D.C., from January 3, 1955, until his resignation September 22,
1955; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the
Eighty-fifth Congress; delegate to Republican State conventions,
1948, 1952, and 1956; delegate to the Republican National
Convention, 1956; appointed acting postmaster of Kansas City, Mo.,
1957-1961; elected member of Kansas City, Mo., city council from
April 1963 until June 1969; regional administrator, General
Services Administration, 1969-1974; served on the Johnson County,
Kans., commission, 1981-1982; died on May 28, 2003, in Shawnee
Mission, Kans.; internment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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