George Edward Shipley (April 21, 1927 - June 28,
2003) was a
U.S. Representative from
Illinois
.
Born in
Richland County, near Olney, Illinois
, Shipley attended the East Richland High School,
Olney,
Illinois.He graduated from Olney High School, Olney, Illinois, 1950.He was in the
United States Marine Corps from
1944 to 1947.
Chief deputy sheriff of Richland County,
Illinois
from 1950 to 1954 and sheriff
1954-1958.Business owner.
Shipley was elected as a
Democrat to the
Eighty-sixth and to the nine
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1979).He was not
a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the
Ninety-sixth
Congress.
He died on June 28, 2003, in Olney, Illinois.
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