Harris W. Fawell
Harris W. Fawell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th district | |
| In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | John N. Erlenborn |
| Succeeded by | Judy Biggert |
| Member of the Illinois Senate | |
| In office January 1963 – January 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Lottie Holman O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Jack E. Bowers |
| Constituency | 41st district (1963-67, 1973-77) 40th district (1967-73) |
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| Born | March 25, 1929 West Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | North Central College Illinois Institute of Technology (LL.B.) |
Harris W. Fawell (born March 25, 1929) is an American politician from Illinois who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1999.
Early life and career[]
Fawell is a graduate of West Chicago High School. He attended North Central College of Naperville 1947–1949 and received his LL.B from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Admitted to the bar in 1952, Fawell practiced law from 1954 to 1984. He served as an Assistant State Attorney for DuPage County, Illinois.[1][2] He is the brother-in-law of Beverly Fawell, who was a member of both Houses of the Illinois General Assembly.[3]
Illinois Senate[]
In 1958, Fawell challenged incumbent Lottie Holman O'Neill in the Republican primary to represent the 41st district in the Illinois Senate, but was unsuccessful.[4] Four years later, he was elected to succeed her when she retired. He was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1963 to 1977, and was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1968 and 1988. In the 1976 Republican primary for the Illinois Supreme Court, Appellate Judge Thomas J. Moran defeated Fawell.[5]
Congress[]
In 1984 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th district where he served until he retired in 1999. The Harris W. Fawell Congressional Papers are held at North Central College.
Post-political life[]
He served on the North Central College Board of Trustees and on the Executive Council of the Chicago Metropolis 2020 of Chicago.[6][7] In 2008, Fawell endorsed his home state's junior United States Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States, against his party's nominee, Arizona senator John McCain.[8]
References[]
- ^ Illinois blue book, 1997-1998 - Page 41
- ^ Illinois Blue Book 1963-1964. p. 192. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Profile, Votersmart.org; accessed February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Lottie O'Neill Raps Moves To Drop Primary". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. March 26, 1958. p. 45. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Voters win a judicial race". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1976. p. a2 – via ProQuest at Chicago Public Library.
- ^ Harris W. Fawell, Class of 1952
- ^ Life and Honorary Trustees
- ^ "Former GOP Congressman Endorses Obama". Huffington Post.
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Harris W. Fawell (id: F000049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- People from West Chicago, Illinois
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Illinois state senators
- Illinois lawyers
- Illinois Republicans
- North Central College alumni
- Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives