Carl Richard Chindblom was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Chindblom attended the public schools. He was graduated from Augustana College

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, Rock Island, Illinois

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, in 1890 and from the Kent College of Law (Lake Forest University, now part of Chicago-Kent College of Law

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) at Chicago in 1898. He was a teacher in Martin Luther College in Chicago 1893-1896.

He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1900 and commenced the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916. He was attorney for the Illinois State Board of Health in 1905 and 1906. He served as member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

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 1906-1910. He was county attorney

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 of Cook County 1912-1914. He served as master in chancery of the circuit court of Cook County 1916-1918.

Chindblom was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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 and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois, until his death. He was a referee

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 in bankruptcy

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 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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, 1934-1942. He died in Chicago, Illinois, September 12, 1956. He was interred in Ridgewood Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois

Des Plaines, Illinois

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