Harris W. Fawell

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Harris W. Fawell (born March 25, 1929, in West Chicago, Illinois) was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1963 to 1977, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1988. In 1976 Harris W. Fawell ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1984 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th district where he served until his retirement in 1999.

Harris W. Fawell is a graduate of West Chicago High School. He attended North Central College of Naperville 1947–1949 and received his LL.B from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Fawell was admitted to the bar in 1952, and practiced law from 1954 until 1984. The Harris W. Fawell Congressional Papers are held at North Central College.

Fawell voted as a fiscal conservative and a social moderate while in Congress. He was a strong advocate of balance budget initatives and a reduction in overall taxes.

Preceded by John N. Erlenborn

U.S. Representative of Illinois' 13th Congressional District 1985–1999

Succeeded by Judy Biggert