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Edward E. Denison

Edward E. Denison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 25th district
In office
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931
Preceded byRobert P. Hill
Succeeded byKent E. Keller
Personal details
Born(1873-08-28)August 28, 1873
Marion, Illinois
DiedJune 17, 1953(1953-06-17) (aged 79)
Carbondale, Illinois
Political partyRepublican

Edward Everett Denison (August 28, 1873 – June 17, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Early life

Born in Marion, Illinois, Denison attended the public schools. He was graduated from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in 1895, from Yale University, in 1896, and from Columbian University (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1899. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Marion in 1900. He engaged in the banking business for one year.

Career

Denison was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.

He resumed the general practice of law in Marion. He was an unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Illinois in 1939.

Death

He died in Carbondale, Illinois on June 17, 1953. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery in Marion.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 25th congressional district

March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931
Succeeded by

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