Robert T. McLoskey

Robert T. McLoskey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Preceded byRobert B. Chiperfield
Succeeded byGale Schisler
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office
1951-1962
Personal details
Born
Robert Thaddeus McLoskey

(1907-06-26)June 26, 1907
Monmouth, Illinois
DiedNovember 2, 1990(1990-11-02) (aged 83)
Monmouth, Illinois
Political partyRepublican

Robert Thaddeus McLoskey (June 26, 1907 – November 2, 1990) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.[1]

Born in Monmouth, Illinois, McLoskey graduated from Monmouth High School in Monmouth, Illinois in 1924. He earned a B.A. from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois in 1928 and a certificate in mortuary science from Worsham College in Chicago, Illinois in 1932. He served as a funeral director and later as tax supervisor for Warren County, Illinois from 1935 to 1939 then as a field supervisor for the Illinois Department of Public Health's Bureau of Vital Statistics from 1940 to 1950.[1]

He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1951 to 1962. He also worked as a farm operator and manager.

McLoskey was elected as a Republican in Illinois's 19th District to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965).[1]

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964. He served as chairman of the Warren County, Illinois, planning commission from 1969 to 1972.

He died on November 2, 1990, in Monmouth, Illinois.[1] His remains were cremated.

  1. ^ a b c d "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-16.