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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisSidney Richard YATES
(1909-2000)
YATES, Sidney Richard, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., August 27,
1909; graduated from Lake View High School, Chicago, Ill., 1928;
B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1931; J.D., University
of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1933; United States Navy, 1944-1946;
lawyer, private practice; assistant attorney for Illinois state
bank receiver, 1935-1937; assistant attorney general attached to
Illinois Commerce Commission as traction attorney, 1937-1940;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963); was not a candidate
for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, but was an
unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate; United States
Representative to the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
with rank of Ambassador, 1963-1964; elected to the Eighty-ninth and
to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3,
1999); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth
Congress in 1998; died on October 5, 2000, in Washington, D.C.;
interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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