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KUNZ, Stanley Henry, a Representative from Illinois; born in Nanticoke, Luzerne County,
Pa., September 26, 1864; attended the public schools, St. Ignatius College, and
Metropolitan Business College, all in Chicago, Ill.; member of the State house
of representatives 1888-1890; served in the State senate 1902-1906; member of
the Chicago City council 1891-1921; member of the Democratic county central
committee of Cook County 1891-1925; engaged in the breeding of thoroughbreds
and racing horses in Palatine, Cook County, Ill., 1910-1933; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1912, 1916, and 1924; elected as a Democrat
to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March
3, 1931); successfully contested the election of Peter C. Granata to the
Seventy-second Congress and served from April 5, 1932, to March 3, 1933;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; lived in Chicago, Ill., until
his death there on April 23, 1946; interment in St. Adalberts Cemetery.
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