George E. Sangmeister, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George E. Sangmeister

American politician

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Frankfort, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 07-Oct-2007

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About George E. Sangmeister

  • George Edward Sangmeister (February 16, 1931 – October 7, 2007) was a member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • He originally represented Illinois' 4th District, before it was renumbered as the 11th district. Sangmeister was born in Frankfort, Illinois.
  • Sangmeister married Doris Hinspeter.
  • He attended Joliet Junior College before entering the military and serving in the Korean War.
  • After returning to private life, he attended Elmhurst College and then earned a law degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Sangmeister spent several years in private law practice before becoming a magistrate for Will County, Illinois in 1961.
  • In 1964, he became the county's district attorney. In 1972, Sangmeister was elected as a Democrat to the Illinois House of Representatives.
  • In 1976, after two terms in the state House, he was elected to the Illinois Senate.
  • Sangmeister became a powerful Democratic leader in the state Senate, and, in 1986, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.
  • Adlai Stevenson III chose Sangmeister as his running mate.
  • However, Sangmeister lost to Lyndon LaRouche activist Mark Fairchild in the primary.
  • When he declined to run in the fall as part of the Solidarity Party, the third place contender in the primary, former Cook County judge Michael Howlett, Jr.
  • replaced him.
  • Stevenson-Howlett went down to defeat in the General Election. In 1988, Sangmeister was elected to Congress in a marginally republican district.
  • After three terms in the House, he declined to seek re-election in 1994, citing his frustration with national politics.
  • He was replaced in Congress by Jerry Weller.
  • He returned to private law practice for several years thereafter.
  • He died of leukemia, aged 76. He was interred on October 11, 2007 at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.

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