Burnett M. Chiperfield

Burnett M. Chiperfield (1915)

Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (born June 14, 1870 in Dover , Bureau County , Illinois , †  June 24, 1940 in Canton , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1917 and again from 1930 to 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Burnett Chiperfield attended the common schools and the Hamline University in Saint Paul ( Minnesota ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1891, he began to work in this profession. He was also a member of the Illinois National Guard for 20 years and participated in the Spanish-American War of 1898 . In addition to his practice as a lawyer, Chiperfield also worked in the banking industry. Between 1896 and 1900 he was a prosecutor in Fulton County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1903 to 1913 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . In 1912 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In the 1914 congressional elections , Chiperfield was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Lawrence B. Stringer on March 4, 1915 . In 1916 he decided not to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . In 1920 and 1936, Chiperfield was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions . After the death of MP Edward John King , he was elected to the due by-election for the 15th seat of Illinois as his successor to the US House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1930. Since he was also elected for the following legislative period, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933.

In 1932 he was not re-elected. Two years later he sought his return to Congress just as unsuccessfully. He died on June 24, 1940 in Canton, where he was also buried. His son Robert (1899–1971) was also a congressman for Illinois.

Web links

• Burnett M. Chiperfield in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)