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  Yates, Sidney R.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameSidney R. Yates
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Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Born August 27, 1909
Died October 05, 2000 (91 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedRBH
May 24, 2016 08:52pm
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Infoborn in Chicago, Ill., August 27, 1909; graduated from Lake View High School, Chicago, Ill., 1928; B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1931; J.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1933; United States Navy, 1944-1946; lawyer, private practice; assistant attorney for Illinois state bank receiver, 1935-1937; assistant attorney general attached to Illinois Commerce Commission as traction attorney, 1937-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963); was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, but was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate; United States Representative to the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations with rank of Ambassador, 1963-1964; elected to the Eighty-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1999); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998; died on October 5, 2000, in Washington, D.C.; interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.



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  11/05/1996 IL District 9 Won 63.40% (+26.80%)
  03/19/1996 IL District 09 -D Primary Won 83.91% (+73.05%)
  11/08/1994 IL District 9 Won 66.10% (+32.20%)
  03/15/1994 IL District 09 - D Primary Won 74.61% (+49.23%)
  11/03/1992 IL District 9 Won 67.98% (+40.96%)
  11/06/1990 IL District 9 Won 71.21% (+42.43%)
  03/20/1990 IL District 09 - D Primary Won 69.94% (+42.85%)
  11/08/1988 IL District 9 Won 66.08% (+33.13%)
  11/04/1986 IL District 9 Won 71.64% (+43.28%)
  03/18/1986 IL District 9-D Primary Won 84.33% (+68.67%)
  11/06/1984 IL District 9 Won 67.55% (+35.09%)
  03/20/1984 IL District 9-D Primary Won 80.04% (+69.56%)
  11/02/1982 IL District 9 Won 66.51% (+34.53%)
  03/16/1982 IL District 9-D Primary Won 83.62% (+67.24%)
  11/04/1980 IL District 9 Won 73.08% (+46.16%)
  03/18/1980 IL District 9-D Primary Won 87.01% (+74.04%)
  11/07/1978 IL District 9 Won 75.33% (+50.66%)
  03/21/1978 IL District 9-D Primary Won 87.22% (+74.43%)
  11/02/1976 IL District 09 Won 72.15% (+44.30%)
  11/05/1974 IL District 09 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 IL District 9 Won 68.34% (+36.69%)
  11/03/1970 IL District 9 Won 75.77% (+51.55%)
  11/05/1968 IL District 9 Won 64.44% (+28.88%)
  11/08/1966 IL District 9 Won 59.86% (+19.72%)
  11/03/1964 IL District 9 Won 63.86% (+27.72%)
  11/06/1962 IL US Senate Lost 47.13% (-5.75%)
  04/10/1962 IL US Senate-D Primary Won 77.25% (+54.50%)
  11/08/1960 IL District 9 Won 60.05% (+20.09%)
  11/04/1958 IL District 9 Won 67.04% (+34.07%)
  11/06/1956 IL District 9 Won 54.03% (+8.07%)
  04/10/1956 IL District 9-D Primary Won 91.20% (+82.39%)
  11/02/1954 IL District 9 Won 60.33% (+20.65%)
  11/04/1952 IL District 9 Won 52.36% (+4.71%)
  11/07/1950 IL District 9 Won 51.78% (+3.57%)
  11/02/1948 IL District 9 Won 54.52% (+10.73%)
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