Ralph E. Church

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Ralph Edwin Church, a U.S. Congressman, was born in Vermilion County, Illinois on May 5, 1883. He died in office on March 21, 1950. Church, a Republican, represented the 10th and 13th Congressional districts of Illinois in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Church was also a candidate for U.S Senator in 1940. He was a member of the American Bar Association, Delta Chi, and Phi Kappa Psi. He was married to Marguerite Church, whom upon his death was appointed to his Congressional seat. Marguerite Church went on to hold the seat for six terms of her own.

The Churches are buried in Memorial Park, Skokie, Illinois.

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• Political Graveyard, referring to his resting place
• Congressional biography

Preceded by: James_Simpson,Jr.	U.S. Representative of Illinois's 10th Congressional District 1935-1941	Succeeded by: George_A._Paddock
Preceded by: George_A._Paddock	U.S. Representative of Illinois's 10th Congressional District 1943-1949	Succeeded by: Richard_W._Hoffman
Preceded by: Leo_E._Allen	U.S. Representative of Illinois's 13th Congressional District 1949-1950	Succeeded by: Marguerite_S._Church