Robert McClory explained

Robert McClory
Image Name:Robert McClory.jpg
State:Illinois
Term Start:January 3, 1973
Term End:January 3, 1983
Predecessor:Phil Crane
Successor:John N. Erlenborn
State1:Illinois
Term Start1:January 3, 1963
Term End1:January 3, 1973
Predecessor1:Edward Rowan Finnegan
Successor1:Phil Crane
State Senate2:Illinois
District2:52nd
Term Start2:January 9, 1957
Term End2:January 3, 1963
Predecessor2:Constituency established
Successor2:Robert E. Coulson
State Senate3:Illinois
District3:8th
Term Start3:January 14, 1953
Term End3:January 9, 1957
Predecessor3:Ray Paddock
Successor3:Hayes Robertson
State House4:Illinois
Alongside4:Thomas A. Bolger, Harvey Pearson
Term Start4:January 10, 1951
Term End4:January 14, 1953
Predecessor4:J. Nick Keller
Successor4:Jack E. Bairstow
A. B. McConnell
Party:Republican
Birth Date:31 January 1908
Birth Place:Riverside, Illinois
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Chicago-Kent College of Law (LLB)

Robert McClory (January 31, 1908 – July 24, 1988) was an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.

Born in Riverside, Illinois, McClory attended the public schools, L'Institut Sillig, Vevey, Switzerland from 1925 to 1926, and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 1926 to 1928.[1] He graduated from Chicago - Kent College of Law in 1932.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1932 and thereafter engaged in the practice of law in state and federal courts in Cook and Lake counties. He was the village attorney of Lake Bluff, Illinois, and was the ScoutMaster of Lake Bluff Boy Scout Troop 42.[3] He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve 1933–1937.

McClory was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1950 and to the Illinois Senate in 1952, 1956, and 1960.[4]

McClory was one of seven Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee to vote for articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon.

McClory was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983).[5] He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. He was United States delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference from 1963 to 1982, and honorary delegate, 1983 to 1988. He was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on July 24, 1988.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/8446/rec/48
  2. https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/31752/rec/52
  3. Web site: Robert McClory. 2021-04-08. Lake Bluff History Museum. en-US.
  4. https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/35451/rec/64
  5. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16421