Richard J. Tillman (September 5, 1911 – October 1983) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Republican member for the 72nd district of the

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. Tillman was born in New York. He attended New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He moved to

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in 1942 and worked as an

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. In 1968 he was elected to represent the 72nd district of the

, serving until 1970. Tillman died in October 1983 at the Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Florida, at the age of 62.

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