Robert Bruce Chiperfield
| Robert Bruce Chiperfield | |
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Oil painting of Robert B. Chiperfield by Lloyd Embry, 1961 (Collection of the U. S. House of Representatives).
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 15th district |
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In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Lewis L. Boyer |
| Succeeded by | Noah M. Mason |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 19th district |
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In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Rolla C. McMillen |
| Succeeded by | Robert T. McLoskey |
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November 20, 1899 Canton, Illinois |
| Died | April 9, 1971 (aged 71) Canton, Illinois |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery Canton, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine "Kitty" Newbern Eunice K. Anderson |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Canton, Illinois |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Boston University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | Private |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Robert Bruce Chiperfield (November 20, 1899 - April 9, 1971), son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield, was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the early years of the Eisenhower administration.
Born on November 20, 1899, in Canton, Illinois, Robert B. Chiperfield was the second of three children and the older of the two sons of Burnett M. Chiperfield and Clara Louise Ross. Robert Chiperfield's father served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' at-large congressional district from 1915 to 1917 and Illinois' 15th congressional district from 1930 to 1933. Robert's mother was a granddaughter of Ossian M. Ross, who was a prominent Illinois pioneer and the founder of Lewistown, Illinois. Robert's younger brother, Claude Burnett Chiperfield, served as a U.S. consul in Athens, Greece in 1938.
Robert Chiperfield received his early education in the public schools of Canton, Illinois, and also in Washington, D.C., during the years that his father served in Congress. Robert attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire from 1916 to 1918. He served as a private in the U.S. Army during World War I. Chiperfield attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for one year, before transferring to Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1922. He attended Harvard Law School for two years, and then received his law degree from Boston University in 1925. In the fall of 1941, Chiperfield returned briefly to the classroom, enrolling in a freshman-level public speaking course at George Washington University.
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