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The Dirksen Club

Everett McKinley Dirksen, a Representative and  a Senator from Illinois; born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, January 4, 1896,Elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4,1933 - January 3, 1949); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Eightieth congress); was not a candidate  for renomination in 1948; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950; reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968, and served from January 3, 1951, until his death n Washington, D.C., September 7, 1969.

The Dirksen Club is dedicated to preserving the memory of Senator Dirksen and his years of service to his country.

Two meetings are held each year one in January in honor of his birthday and another in the summer.

Dirksen Club Meeting, February 19,2008