George E. Shipley

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Richland County, near Olney, Ill. , April 21, 1927. Attended the East Richland High School, Olney, Ill. Graduated from Olney High School, Olney, Ill. , 1950. United States Marine Corps, 1944-1947. Chief deputy sheriff of Richland County, Ill. , 1950-1954 and sheriff 1954-1958. Business owner. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Died on June 28, 2003, in Olney, Ill. Interment in Effingham City Cemetery, Effingham, Effingham County, Ill.