Emmet Byrne

Emmet Francis Byrne ( born December 6, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois, † September 25, 1974 in Evanston, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1957 and 1959 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Emmet Byrne attended the common schools and St. Ignatius Academy. Then he studied at Loyola University. Byrne also took part in the First World War. After studying law at DePaul University and his 1919 was admitted as a lawyer in Chicago, he began to work in this profession. From 1921 to 1923 he belonged to the urban Beraterkommison as Assistant Corporation Counsel. Between 1923 and 1928 he was deputy prosecutor in Cook County. In the years 1934 and 1936 he applied unsuccessfully for a judgeship in each case at the Municipal Court of Chicago. Between 1947 and 1948, and again from 1955 to 1956 he worked for the Consultation Committee of the Trade Commission of Illinois.

Politically, Byrne Member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1956 he was in the third electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James C. Murray on January 3, 1957. Since he has not been confirmed in 1958, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1959. This was marked by the events of the Cold War and the civil rights movement.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Emmet Byrne practiced again as a lawyer. In 1970 he became a member of the Chicago Regional Export Expansion Council. He died on September 25, 1974 in Evanston.