Roland V. Libonati

Roland Victor Libonati (born December 29, 1900 in Chicago , Illinois , †  May 30, 1991 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1965 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roland Libonati attended the Lewin Institute until 1918 and then took part as a lieutenant in the US Army in the final phase of the First World War. He then studied until 1921 at the University of Michigan . After studying law at Northwestern University and being admitted to the bar in 1924, he began working in this profession in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1930 and 1934 and again from 1940 to 1942 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . From 1942 to 1947 he was a member of the State Senate . Libonati founded and led the American Boy's Camp , a unit for destitute children in Coloma ( Wisconsin ).

After the death of MP James Bowler , Libonati was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 31, 1957. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1965 . During this time, among other things, the beginning of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement fell .

In 1964, Roland Libonati decided not to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on May 30, 1991.

Web links

• Roland V. Libonati in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roland V. Libonati in the database of Find a Grave (English)