Richard William Hoffman was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Illinois

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, HoffmanVeteran of the First World War.
He engaged in the printing and publishing business.
He owned and operated radio stations in Chicago, Illinois.
He served as president of the board of education of J. Sterling Morton High School and Junior College 1933-1936 and 1939-1948.

Hoffman was elected as a Republican

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 to the Eighty-first

81st United States Congress

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 and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1957).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth

85th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He resumed former business activities.
Resided in Riverside, Illinois

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He died in Maywood, Illinois

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, July 6, 1975.
He was interred in Forest Home Cemetery

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, Forest Park, Illinois

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