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| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1876 | |
| Death | 9 January 1933 (aged 57 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
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Edward J. Smejkal (January 1, 1876–January 9, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Smejkal was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Chicago public schools and graduated from Lake Forest College. Smejkal was admitted to he Illinois bar and practiced law in Chicago. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1903 to 1925 and was a Republican. Smejkal die in a hospital in Berwyn, Illinois. Smejkal had been in ill health and had suffered from diabetes for a few years. He committed suicide using poison and gas at his home.