Leonard William Schuetz (November 16, 1887 – February 13, 1944) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Illinois
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.
Schuetz was born in
Posen,
Germany
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(later Poland), November 16, 1887. In 1888 he immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in
Chicago, Illinois
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. He attended the
public schools,
Lane Technical High School
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, and
Bryant and Stratton Business College,
Chicago, Illinois
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. He engaged as a
stenographer and
secretary
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until 1906, when he became associated with Swift &.
Co. in an executive capacity.
Organized the Schuetz Construction Co. in 1923 and served as its president and treasurer.
Schuetz was elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
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to the
Seventy-second and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in
Washington, D.C.
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, on February 13, 1944. He was interred in St. Adabert's Cemetery,
Chicago, Illinois
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See also
*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
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Leonard William Schuetz, Late A Representative'
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1887 births
1944 deaths
Politicians from Chicago
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
German emigrants to the United States
20th-century American politicians
Bryant and Stratton College alumni