Harris W. Fawell

A Representative from Illinois. Born in West Chicago, Du Page County, Ill. , March 25, 1929. Graduated from West Chicago Community High School, West Chicago, Ill. , 1929. Attended North Central College, Naperville, Ill. , 1947-1949. LL. B. , Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Ill. , 1952. Admitted to the bar and practiced law 1954-1984. Member of the Illinois state senate, 1963-1977. Member of the Illinois Commission on Children, 1967-1977. Unsuccessful candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court in 1976. Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1968 and 1988. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1999). Died on November 11, 2021, in Naperville, Ill.