Edmund John STACK, Congress, IL (1874-1957)

STACK Edmund John , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., January 31, 1874; attended the grammar and high schools of Chicago; was graduated from the law department of Lake Forest (Ill.) University in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of his profession in Chicago, Ill.; appointed assistant corporation counsel of Chicago and, later, chief trial attorney; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law; died in Chicago, Ill., April 12, 1957; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present