Melvin Price

Representative from Illinois. Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill. , January 1,1905. Graduated from St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, Mo. Graduated from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. United States Army, 1943-1944. Sports editor. Newspaper correspondent. Bank director. Member of the St. Clair County, Ill. , board of supervisors, 1929-1931. Staff, United States Representative Edwin Martin Schaefer of Illinois, 1933-1943. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the twenty one succeeding Congresses. Served until his death on April 22, 1988 (January 3, 1945-April 22, 1988). Chair, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ninetieth through Ninety-fourth Congresses). Chair, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Ninety-third Congress). Chair, Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-fourth through Ninety-eighth Congresses). Died on April 22, 1988, in Camp Springs, Md. Interment in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.