Jeffrey Paul Hillelson

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Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (born March 9, 1919 in Springfield , Ohio , †  May 28, 2003 in Shawnee Mission , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1955 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jeffrey Hillelson attended public schools in his home country. During the Second World War he served between 1942 and 1946 in the US Army , whose reserve he then belonged to. He then continued his education until 1947 with a study at the University of Missouri in Kansas City . Hillelson was a private businessman until 1952. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1949 he headed their local branch in Independence .

In the 1952 congressional election , Hillelson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Leonard Irving on January 3, 1953 . Since he was not confirmed in 1954, he could only hold one term in Congress until January 3, 1955 . This was determined by the events of the Korean War and the civil rights movement . Between January and September 1955 Hillelson worked as a department head ( Executive Assistant ) in the Ministry of Post. In 1956 he tried unsuccessfully to return to Congress. In 1948, 1952 and 1956 he was a delegate to the respective regional Republican party conventions in Missouri. In 1956 he also took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco , on which President Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated for re-election.

Between 1957 and 1961, Hillelson was acting postmaster at the Kansas City mailroom; from 1963 to 1969 he was a member of the local city council. Between 1969 and 1974 he was regional director of the General Services Administration . In 1981 and 1982 Hillelson served on the county council of Johnson County in the neighboring state of Kansas. He died in Shawnee Mission on May 28, 2003 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

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SURNAME Hillelson, Jeffrey Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Springfield , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2003
Place of death Shawnee Mission , Kansas