Arthur C. Lueder Explained

Birth Date:12 March 1876
Birth Place:Elmhurst, Illinois
Death Place:Lombard, Illinois
Term Start1:1941
Term End1:1949
Predecessor1:Edward J. Barrett
Successor1:Benjamin O. Cooper
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1933
Successor2:Ernest J. Kruetgen
Term Start3:1921
Term End3:1923
Appointed3:Warren G. Harding
Predecessor3:William B. Carlile
Party:Republican

Arthur Charles Lueder (March 12, 1876 – May 7, 1957) was an American lawyer businessman, and politician.

Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, Lueder served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. He graduated from Elmhurst College and from the University of Chicago Law School. He was a lawyer and was in the real estate business. In the spring of 1923 he ran for Mayor of Chicago Republican Party ticket. He soon after ran for Illinois Secretary of State, again on the Republican ticket. He served as postmaster of Chicago from 1921 to 1933 except for a brief interval in 1923.[1] From 1941 to 1949, Lueder served as Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts, having been elected in 1940 and 1944.[2] [3] [4] He died at his daughter's home in Lombard, Illinois after undergoing surgery.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kestenbaum . Lawrence . Postmasters at Chicago, 1831-1972 . The Political Graveyard . 13 November 2019.
  2. Web site: What is a Comptroller? - Illinois Comptroller's Office . illinoiscomptroller.gov . Illinois Comptroller . 2 January 2021.
  3. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 5, 1940 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1939–1940 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, APRIL 9, 1940. Illinois State Board of Elections. 2 August 2020. June 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624113817/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads%2FElectionOperations%2FVoteTotals%2FArchived%2F1940%2FPE%20and%20GE%201940.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, April 11, 1944. Illinois State Board of Elections. 2 August 2020.
  5. Illinois Blue Book 1947–1948, "Biographical Sketch of Arthur C. Lueder," pg. 88
  6. Official Reference Book-Press Club of Chicago, Press Book of Chicago: 1922, "Biographical Sketch of Arthur Charles Lueder," pg. 24
  7. 'A. C. Lueder, 81 Postmaster 12 Years Dies,' Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1957, part 3, pg. 12

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