Robert McClory

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Riverside, Cook County, Ill. January 31, 1908. Attended the public schools, L'Institut Sillig, Vevey, Switzerland, 1925-1926, and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. , 1926-1928. Graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1932. Admitted to the bar in 1932 and thereafter engaged in the practice of law in State and Federal courts in Cook and Lake Counties. Served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve 1933-1937. Elected to the State house of representatives in 1950 and to the State senate in 1952, 1956, and 1960. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1983). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress. Resumed the practice of law in Washington, D. C. United States delegate to the Interparliamentary Union Conference, 1963-1982, and honorary delegate, 1983 to 1988. Died on July 24, 1988, in Washington, D. C. Interment at Northshore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, Ill.