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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisRichard Bernard VAIL
(1895-1955)
VAIL, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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