Oliver Sollitt (October 16, 1860 – August 18, 1945) was an American politician and businessman.
Sollitt was born in
Chicago, Illinois
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. He was a businessman and was the head of the Sollitt Construction Company in Chicago. Sollitt served in the
Illinois House of Representatives
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from 1907 to 1911 and was a
Republican
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. Sollitt died at a hospital in
Coral Gables, Florida
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. He had moved to Coral Gables in 1924 after retiring from the construction company.
['Sollitt Burial To Be In Chicago,' The Miami News (Florida), August 19, 1945, pg. 16]
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1860 births
1945 deaths
Businesspeople from Chicago
Politicians from Chicago
People from Coral Gables, Florida
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
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