Jackson Leroy Adair

Democrat Representative of Illinois's 15th district

  • Representative

    Illinois, district 15

    January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

February 23, 1887 (68 years old)

Birthday

January 19, 1956

Death

  • Attended public high school and Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
  • Graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1911 with a Bachelor of Laws.
  • Admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma, before moving to Quincy, Illinois, in 1913.
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits and the manufacture of medicine for livestock.
  • Served as city attorney of Quincy from 1914 to 1916.
  • Served as prosecuting attorney of Adams County, Illinois, from 1916 to 1920 and from 1924 to 1928.
  • Was in private practice in Adams County from 1920 to 1924.
  • Served as a member of the Illinois Senate from 1928 to 1932.
  • Elected as a Democrat to the 73rd and 74th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1937.
  • Was not a candidate for renomination in 1936.
  • Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
  • Confirmed by the United States Senate and served from April 27, 1937, until his death on January 19, 1956.
  • Interred in South Side Cemetery in Clayton, Illinois.