Robert B. Chiperfield

Robert B. Chiperfield

Robert Bruce Chiperfield (born November 20, 1899 in Canton , Fulton County , Illinois , †  April 9, 1971 in Canton) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1963 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Chiperfield was the son of Congressman Burnett M. Chiperfield (1870–1940). He attended public schools in his home country and then the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire . He then took part in the First World War as a soldier . He later studied at Knox College in Galesburg and then until 1922 at Harvard University . After studying law at Boston University and being admitted to the bar in 1925, he began working in Canton in this profession. At times he also worked there as a city lawyer. Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1938 congressional elections , Chiperfield was elected to the 15th  constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat Lewis L. Boyer on January 3, 1939 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . From 1953 to 1955 he headed the Foreign Affairs Committee. By 1941, the last of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed in Congress under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . From 1941 the work of the Congress was also determined by the events of the Second World War .

Chiperfield's time in Congress also saw the start of the Cold War , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement . Since 1949 he represented the 19th district of his state. In 1962, Chiperfield decided not to run again for Congress. He died in Canton on April 9, 1971.

Web links

• Robert B. Chiperfield in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)