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Robert Andrew Childs | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Lewis Steward |
| Succeeded by | Albert J. Hopkins |
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| Born | March 22, 1845 Malone, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 1915 (aged 70) Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Illinois State Normal University, 1870 |
Robert Andrew Childs (March 22, 1845 – December 19, 1915) was aU.S. Representative fromIllinois.
Born inMalone, New York, Childs moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Belvidere, Boone County, in 1852.He attended the common schools.During theCivil War, he was enlisted in General Stephen A. Hurlbut's company, which subsequently became a part of the15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and served throughout the war.He graduated from theIllinois State Normal University in 1870.He was the principal and superintendent of the public schools in Amboy 1871–1873.He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1872, and commenced practice inBelvidere, Illinois.He settled in Hinsdale, a suburb of Chicago, in July 1873.He served as the member of the village board of trustees and the president of the school board.
Childs was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.He resumed the practice of law in Chicago.He died inHinsdale, Illinois, December 19, 1915.He was interred in Bronswood Cemetery.
TheRobert A. and Mary Childs House was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 8th congressional district March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 | Succeeded by |
