Richard B. Vail

Richard Bernard Vail ( born August 31, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, † July 29, 1955 ) was an American politician. Between 1947 and 1949, and again from 1951 to 1953, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Richard Vail attended the common schools, the School of Commerce, the Chicago Technical College and the John Marshall Law School. During World War II he was a lieutenant in an infantry unit of the U.S. Army. He then worked in the steel production. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1946, Vail was in the second electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William A. Rowan on 3 January 1947. Since he lost in 1948 against Barratt O'Hara, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until January 3, 1949. Two years later he was re-elected in the Second District in Congress, where he O'Hara replaced again on January 3, 1951. Since he was not confirmed in 1952, he could only spend a further term until January 3, 1953 at the House of Representatives. This period was, among other things, the Korean War.

In 1954, he competed unsuccessfully to re- return to the Congress. At that time he was CEO of the company Vail Vail Manufacturing Co. Richard died on 29 July 1955 in Chicago.