Jessie Sumner (July 17, 1898 – August 10, 1994) was a

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from

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. Born in

Milford, Illinois Milford is a village in Milford Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,306 at the 2010 census. The village's name comes from its location, where the Old Hubbard Trail forded Sugar Creek and where a gristmill sto ...

, Sumner attended the public schools. She graduated from Girton School,

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, in 1916 and Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1920. She studied law at the

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, and

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, England. She also studied briefly at the

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and the

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School of Commerce in New York City. Sumner was

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in 1923 and practiced in

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. She was employed at the Chase National Bank in New York City in 1928. She returned to

, in 1932 and resumed the practice of law. She served as county judge of

Iroquois County, Illinois Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 27,077. It is the only county in the United States to be named Iroquois, after the Americ ...

, in 1937. She served as director of Sumner National Bank,

Sheldon, Illinois Sheldon is a village in Sheldon Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,070 at the 2010 census, down from 1,232 at the 2000 census. Geography Sheldon is located in eastern Iroquois County at . U.S. Route 24 runs ...

. Sumner was elected as a

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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

, until her death in

Watseka, Illinois Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately west of the Illinois-Indiana state line on U.S. Route 24. The population of Watseka was 5,255 according to the 2010 census, which ...

, on August 10, 1994.

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* ''Current Biography'', January 1945, p. 45-48.

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