Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (March 9, 1919 – May 28, 2003) was a

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from

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Hillelson attended the public schools. He graduated from the

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1947. He was in the

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from 1942 to 1946, retaining his commission in the Reserve. Business owner from 1947 to 1952. He was a member of

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fraternity.

Political career

He served as chair of the Republican City Central Committee of

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, 1949. Hillelson was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-fourth Congress in 1954. Hillelson was appointed Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General,

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, from January 3, 1955, until his resignation September 22, 1955. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. He served as a delegate to Republican State conventions, 1948, 1952, and 1956. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1956. He was appointed acting postmaster of

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from 1957 to 1961. Hillelson was elected a member of

, city council from April 1963 until June 1969. Hillelson was appointed Regional Administrator of the

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in Kansas City from 1969 to 1974. He served on the

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, commission from 1981 to 1982. He died on May 28, 2003, in

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and is interred in

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References

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