JONAS, Edgar Allan

1885 - 1965  (80 years)

• Name	JONAS, Edgar Allan
  Birth	14 Oct 1885	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1903–1907	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	teacher
  Education	1910	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	Address: Chicago Law School
  Occupation	1945–47	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	associate member of Board of Pardons and Paroles of Illinois
  Occupation	1920–23	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	first assistant State's attorney of Cook County
  Occupation	1941–42	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	judge of the Superior Court of Cook County
  Occupation	1910–1919	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	practicing lawyer
  Occupation	1919–1920	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	assistant corporation counsel of Chicago
  Occupation	1923–1937	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago
  Occupation	1945–1955
  Occupation	1955–1965
  	lawyer
  Death	14 Nov 1965	Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States
  Burial	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  	Address: Rosehill Cemetery
  Person ID	I9536	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Jonas Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	JONAS, Frederick Christian,   b. 4 May 1855, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 18 Feb 1926, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 70 years)
  Mother	PAARMANN, Augusta,   b. 9 Mar 1865, Kastorf, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 5 Apr 1960, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1881	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Family ID	F3367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bio: U.S. Congressman. After graduating from the Manitowoc County Normal School, he taught school at Mishicot, Wisconsin (1903-07). He graduated from Chicago Law School in 1910, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He was assistant corporation counsel of Chicago (1919-20), first assistant State's attorney of Cook County (1921-23), judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago (1923-37), judge of the Superior Court of Cook County (1941-42) and associate member of Board of Pardons and Paroles of Illinois (1945-47). In 1949, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first, Eighty-second, and Eighty-third Congresses, serving until 1955. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law until his death. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith