Clifford C. Ireland

Clifford C. Ireland

Clifford Cady Ireland (born February 14, 1878 in Washburn , Woodford County , Illinois , †  May 24, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clifford Ireland attended the public schools of his home country and then the Cheltenham Military Academy in Pennsylvania . This was followed by studies at Knox College in Galesburg . He then studied until 1901 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After studying law at the Illinois College of Law in Chicago and his admission to the bar in 1909, he began working in this profession in Peoria . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 he was a soldier in the Illinois National Guard.

Politically, Ireland became a member of the Republican Party . In the 1916 congressional election he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Democrat Claude U. Stone on March 4, 1917 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1923 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Ireland chaired the Committee on Accounts between 1917 and 1921 . In 1922 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Clifford Ireland practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1923 and 1926 he was a division manager in the Illinois Department of Commerce. He died in Chicago on May 24, 1930 and was buried in Washburn.

Web links

• Clifford C. Ireland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clifford C. Ireland in the database of Find a Grave (English)