Alan E. Ashcraft Jr.
Alan Emerson Ashcraft Jr. (March 5, 1906–May 6, 1961) was an American politician and judge.
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Ashcraft was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Ashcraft went to University of Vermont and tp Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Ashcraft practiced law in Chicago, Illinois. He lived in Evanston, Illinois and served on the Evanston City Council from 1935 to 1941. Ashcraft then served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1941 to 1945 and was involved with the Republican Party. Ashcraft served as an Illinois Superior Court judge from 1947 until his death. Ashcrafy died in a hospital in Evanston, Illinois after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.[1][2]
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- Politicians from Beloit, Wisconsin
- People from Evanston, Illinois
- Lawyers from Chicago
- Deerfield Academy alumni
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
- University of Vermont alumni
- Illinois city council members
- Members of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Illinois state court judges
- Illinois Republicans
- 1906 births
- 1961 deaths
- 20th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American lawyers