Summary
James Thomas Igoe (October 23, 1883 – December 2, 1971) was a United States representative from Illinois.
James T. Igoe | |
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 From 1927's Blue Book of the State of Illinois | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Gorman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1883 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | December 2, 1971 (aged 88) Evanston, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
He was born on October 21, 1883, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended the St. Ignatius College (now known as Loyola University Chicago).[1] He became engaged in the printing and publishing business in 1907.[1]
Igoe served as city clerk of Chicago from 1917–1923.[1] He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920, 1928, and 1936 and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.[1]
He became president of a building corporation in 1931.[1] He was chairman of the Illinois delegation to Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1939 and 1940.[1] Later, he entered the real estate business in 1942.[1] He was director and later chairman of executive committee of Mercantile National Bank of Chicago from 1955 to 1961.[1] He died in Evanston, Illinois on December 2, 1971, and was buried at the All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.[1]
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