Robert T. McLoskey
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Robert Thaddeus Mcloskey (June 26, 1907 - November 2, 1990) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Monmouth, Illinois, Mcloskey graduated from Monmouth High School, Monmouth, Illinois, 1924. B.A., Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, 1928. Certificate in mortuary science, Worsham College, Chicago, Illinois, 1932. Funeral director. Tax supervisor, Monmouth County, Illinois from 1935 to 1939. Field supervisor, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Illinois Health Department from 1940 to 1950. He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1951 to 1962. Precinct committeeman. Farm operator and manager.
Mcloskey was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964. He served as chairman of the Warren County, Illinois, planning commission from 1969 to 1972. He died on November 2, 1990, in Monmouth, Illinois. He remains were cremated.
