Charles A. Boyle
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Charles A. Boyle was a United States Congressman from Chicago's north side, representing the Illinois's 12th congressional district from 1959 until his death in an automobile accident in the early morning hours of November 4, 1959 . Born in Spring Lake, Michigan
on August 13, 1907, Boyle was a Democrat, and the father of eight children at the time of his death. First elected in 1954, Boyle was in his third term an was on his way home after campaigning for his fellow Democrats in the November 3 elections. He was on his way home when his car crashed into an elevated train pillar on Northwestern Avenue. Police speculated that Boyle had either fallen asleep or had been cut off by another car. The 12th District went unrepresented for more than a year until after the 1960 general elections, when Democrat Edward Rowan Finnegan
defeated Theodore P. Fields.
.
Spring Lake, Michigan
Spring Lake is a village in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,514 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Spring Lake Township....
on August 13, 1907, Boyle was a Democrat, and the father of eight children at the time of his death. First elected in 1954, Boyle was in his third term an was on his way home after campaigning for his fellow Democrats in the November 3 elections. He was on his way home when his car crashed into an elevated train pillar on Northwestern Avenue. Police speculated that Boyle had either fallen asleep or had been cut off by another car. The 12th District went unrepresented for more than a year until after the 1960 general elections, when Democrat Edward Rowan Finnegan
Edward Rowan Finnegan
Edward Rowan Finnegan of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1961 until 1964.Finnegan was born in Chicago and graduated with a BA from Loyola University Chicago and a law degree from the DePaul University School of Law in 1930. He started practicing as an attorney in 1931 and then...
defeated Theodore P. Fields.
.