Clifford Cady Ireland (February 14, 1878 – May 24, 1930) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Illinois
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.
Biography
Born in
Washburn, Illinois
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, Ireland attended the common schools, Cheltenham Military Academy,
Ogontz, Philadelphia
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History
Ogontz was named after a Native American chieftain.
According to Philade ...
, and Knox College,
Galesburg, Illinois
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.
He was graduated from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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in 1901 and from the Illinois College of Law at Chicago in 1908.
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1909 and commenced practice in Peoria.
He served as a private in the Illinois National Guard during the Spanish–American War.
Ireland was elected as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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to the
Sixty-fifth,
Sixty-sixth, and
Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922.
He resumed the practice of law at Peoria.
He was appointed a director of the department of trade and commerce of Illinois in 1923, serving until his resignation in 1926.
He died in
Chicago, Illinois
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, May 24, 1930.
He was interred in Linn-Mount Vernon Cemetery,
Washburn, Illinois
Washburn is a village mostly in Woodford County, with a small northerly portion in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2010 census, up from 1,147 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Stati ...
.
References
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1878 births
1930 deaths
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Illinois National Guard personnel
People from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Politicians from Peoria, Illinois
People from Washburn, Illinois