Jessie Sumner
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Jessie Sumner | |
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18th district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | James A. Meeks |
| Succeeded by | Edward H. Jenison |
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| Born | July 17, 1898 Milford, Illinois |
| Died | August 10, 1994 (aged 96) Watseka, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
Jessie Sumner (July 17, 1898 – August 10, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in
Oxford University, England. She also studied briefly at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the New York University
School of Commerce in New York City.
Sumner was
Chicago, Illinois
.
She was employed at the Chase National Bank in New York City in 1928. She returned to Milford, Illinois, in 1932 and resumed the practice of law. She served as county judge of Iroquois County, Illinois, in 1937. She served as director of Sumner National Bank, Sheldon, Illinois.
Sumner was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947). She was not a candidate for renomination in 1946.
She resumed position as vice president from 1938 to 1966, and president from 1966 to 1994, of Sumner National Bank. She was a resident of Milford, Illinois, until her death in Watseka, Illinois, on August 10, 1994.
See also
References
Sources
- United States Congress. "Jessie Sumner (id: S001071)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Current Biography, January 1945, p. 45-48.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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