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1967-01-01 |
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| Name | Ralph Tyler Smith |
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Edwardsville, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 06, 1915
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| Died | August 13, 1972
(56 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
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| Info | born in Granite City, Madison County, Ill., October 6, 1915; attended public schools in Granite City; graduated from Illinois College at Jacksonville in 1937 and from Washington University Law School at St. Louis in 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced practice in Granite City; enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve immediately after Pearl Harbor, ordered to active duty in July 1942, commissioned an ensign in October 1942 and served until January 1946; resumed the practice of law in Alton, Ill., in 1946; elected to the Illinois general assembly in 1954, and was reelected for seven succeeding terms; majority whip in 1963; elected speaker in 1967 and reelected in 1969; appointed as a Republican September 17, 1969, to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate created by the death of Everett McKinley Dirksen and served until November 3, 1970; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the unexpired term in 1970; resumed the practice of law; died in Alton, Ill., August 13, 1972; interment in Sunset Hill Cemetery Mausoleum, Edwardsville, Ill.
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