Niels Juul

Niels Juul

Niels Juul (April 27, 1859 – December 4, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. [1]

Biography

Born Denmark at Randers in Midtjylland, Denmark. Juul attended the Real School, Randers, Denmark. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago, Illinois, in 1880. He engaged in the publishing business. He studied law, and graduated from the law department of Lake Forest University in 1898. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Chicago.

He was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois in 1892. He served as a member of the State senate from 1898 to 1914. He served as assistant attorney of the Sanitary District of Chicago from 1907 to 1911. Juul was elected as a Republican from Illinois's 7th congressional district to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920.[2][3]

He was appointed by President Warren G. Harding United States Collector of Customs for the Port of Chicago on January 1, 1921, and served until December 31, 1922, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law until his death in Chicago, on December 4, 1929.

Personal life

Niels Juul was married to Hulda E Risberg Juul (1858-1897). They were the parents of three children including Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball coach Herb Juul. Niels Juul died during 1929 and was interred in Mount Olive Cemetery in Chicago.

References

  1. ↑ Juul, Niels (1859-1929) (The Political Graveyard)
  2. ↑ Members of the House who were born in foreign countries
  3. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Frank Buchanan		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 7th congressional district
1917-1921 		Succeeded by
M. Alfred Michaelson
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