1. Jessie Sumner was a US Representative from Illinois.
11 Facts About Jessie Sumner
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Jessie Sumner graduated from Girton School, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1916 and Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1920.
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Jessie Sumner studied law at the University of Chicago Law School, Columbia University, New York City, and Oxford University, England.
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Jessie Sumner was employed at the Chase National Bank in New York City in 1928.
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Jessie Sumner returned to Milford, Illinois, in 1932 and resumed the practice of law.
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Jessie Sumner served as county judge of Iroquois County, Illinois, in 1937.
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Jessie Sumner served as director of Sumner National Bank, Sheldon, Illinois.
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Jessie Sumner was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses.
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Jessie Sumner was not a candidate for renomination in 1946.
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Jessie Sumner resumed position as vice president from 1938 to 1966, and president from 1966 to 1994, of Sumner National Bank.
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Jessie Sumner was a resident of Milford, Illinois, until her death in Watseka, Illinois, on August 10,1994.