George Edmund Gorman was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gorman attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated in law from Georgetown University

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 at Washington, D.C.

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 in 1895. He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1895 and commenced the practice of law in Chicago the following year. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Chicago 1897-1900.

Gorman was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1914. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago. He served as assistant State's Attorney

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 1920-1928. He served as master in chancery of the circuit court from 1930 until his death in Chicago. He was interred in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

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