Inventory of the John N. Erlenborn Collection, 1965-1984
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John Neal Erlenborn was Lisle's 10-term Republican congressman. He was born in Chicago and grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois. He served in the Navy during World War II and attended the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, and the University of Illinois. He graduated from law school at Chicago's Loyola University in 1949. After serving as a prosecutor for two years, he established his own law firm from 1952 where he worked until 1971.
Erlenborn served as a representative in the Illinois General Assembly from 1957 to 1964 before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 14th District (which was later realigned as the 13th District). He went on to win nine more elections in this district, retiring in 1984.
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