Lycurgus Conner
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Lycurgus J. Conner (November 17, 1909 – May 28, 1963) was a lawyer, judge, and state legislator. Born in
Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
, Conner received his bachelor and law degrees from the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
. Conner was a lawyer and served as an assistant probate judge. He served in the
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during
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in the judge advocate general office. Conner was a
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. Conner served in the
Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
from 1961 until his death from cancer in 1963. He died at his home in Chicago, Illinois.'Representative From Chicago Dies Of Cancer,' Galesburg Mail Register (Illinois), May 29, 1963, pg. 18


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1909 births 1963 deaths Politicians from Chicago University of Chicago alumni University of Chicago Law School alumni Lawyers from Chicago Military personnel from Illinois Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians Deaths from cancer in Illinois 20th-century American lawyers {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub