Edmund J. Stack

Edmund John Stack ( born January 31, 1874 in Chicago, Illinois, † April 12, 1957 ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edmund Stack attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law studies at the Lake Forest University, and his 1895 was admitted as a lawyer in Chicago, he began to work in this profession. Later he became one of the legal advisers of his hometown. He was also a criminal defense lawyer. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1906 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet.

In the congressional elections of 1910 stack but then in the sixth constituency of Illinois was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican William Moxley on March 4, 1911. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1912, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1913.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Edmund Stack practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 12 April 1957 in his hometown of Chicago.