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Jeffrey Paul Hillelson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Irving |
| Succeeded by | George H. Christopher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1919-03-09)March 9, 1919 Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 28, 2003(2003-05-28) (aged 84) Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (March 9, 1919 – May 28, 2003) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born inSpringfield, Ohio, Hillelson attended the public schools.He graduated from theUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City 1947.He was in theUnited States Army from 1942 to 1946, retaining his commission in the Reserve.Business owner from 1947 to 1952. He was a member ofTau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.[1]
He served as chair of the Republican City Central Committee ofIndependence, Missouri, 1949. Hillelson was elected as aRepublican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-fourth Congress in 1954. Hillelson was appointed Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General,Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1955, until his resignation September 22, 1955. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.He served as a delegate to Republican State conventions, 1948, 1952, and 1956.He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1956.He was appointed acting postmaster ofKansas City, Missouri from 1957 to 1961. Hillelson was elected a member ofKansas City, Missouri, city council from April 1963 until June 1969. Hillelson was appointed Regional Administrator of theGeneral Services Administration in Kansas City from 1969 to 1974. He served on theJohnson County, Kansas, commission from 1981 to 1982.He died on May 28, 2003, inShawnee Mission, Kansas and is interred inArlington National Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 4th congressional district 1953–1955 | Succeeded by |
