Tom Corcoran (politician)

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American former politician

Constituency15th district (1977–1983)
14th district (1983–1984)

BornThomas Joseph Corcoran
(1939-05-23) May 23, 1939 (age 86)

Tom Corcoran


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois
In office January 3, 1977 – November 28, 1984
Preceded by	Tim Lee Hall
Succeeded by	John E. Grotberg
Constituency	15th district (1977–1983) 14th district (1983–1984)

Personal details
Born	Thomas Joseph Corcoran (1939-05-23) May 23, 1939 (age 86) Ottawa, Illinois, U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Helenmarie Corcoran
Children	Evan
Education	University of Notre Dame (BA) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Chicago Northwestern University

Thomas Joseph Corcoran (born May 23, 1939) is an American businessman, military veteran and former politician. He served four terms in Congress as a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1977 to 1984. He served in politics as a member of the Republican.

Military service

Corcoran was born in Ottawa, Illinois. He graduated from Marquette High School in Ottawa in 1957. He received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1961 and did graduate work at University of Illinois, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University.^[1]

He served in the United States Army as an artillery officer from 1963 to 1965 and was stationed in Germany.^[2]

Early political career

He then went into politics, serving in staff positions for the State of Illinois Office in Washington, D.C. from 1969 to 1972 and for William Harris while Harris was President of the Illinois Senate.

Congress

After serving as vice president of the Chicago-North Western Transportation Co. from 1974 to 1976, he was elected to Congress in 1976 and was re-elected three times.^[2]

Senate campaign

In the 1984 United States Senate election, Corcoran opted to challenge incumbent Senator Charles Percy in the Republican primary as a conservative alternative to Percy's record as a moderate Republican.^[3] Percy defeated Corcoran in the primary election before losing to Democratic candidate Paul Simon in the general election. Corcoran was succeeded in Congress by State Senator John Grotberg.^[4]^[5]

In 1985, Cocoran announced his intention to run for the United States Senate against Democratic incumbent Alan J. Dixon in the 1986 Senate election. However, after losing several political allies to Inland Steel Company executive George Ranney he dropped out of the primary election.^[6] State Representative Judy Koehler defeated Ranney in the Republican primary.^[7]

After politics

He was appointed to the Board of Directors of United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan.^[8] His term was supposed to run through 1990, but the corporation was abolished in 1985.^[9]

Family

Evan Corcoran, known for being an attorney of Donald Trump, is Tom Corcoran's son.^[10]

References

↑ Corcoran profile, bioguide.congress.gov; accessed February 7, 2017.
1 2 Illinois Blue Book 1977-1978 page 52
↑ Mackay, Robert. "Corcoran may challenge Percy". Illinois Issues. 9 (3). Sangamon State University: 37. ISSN 0738-9663. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1985). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
↑ Pearson, Richard (November 16, 1986). "GOP Rep. John Grotberg From Illinois Dies at 61". Washington Post. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
↑ Dold, R. Bruce (January 7, 1986). "Corcoran Drops Out of Senate Race". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
↑ Green, Paul M. "Party politics in Illinois: Republicans v. Democrats et al.", Illinois Issues, August & September 1986. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
↑ "Nomination of Thomas Corcoran To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation", reagan.utexas.edu, October 10, 1984.
↑ Federal Register: Synthetic Fuels Corporation
↑ Voss, Stephen (September 2023). "The Alum Who Became 'Trump Attorney 1'". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. 124, no. 1. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Alumni Association. p. 44. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

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U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Tim Lee Hall

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 15th congressional district
1977–1983

Succeeded by

Ed Madigan

Preceded by

John N. Erlenborn

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 14th congressional district
1983–1984

Succeeded by

John E. Grotberg

U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)

Preceded by

Greg Pence

as Former U.S. Representative

Order of precedence of the United States
as Former U.S. Representative

Succeeded by

Rahm Emanuel

as Former U.S. Representative

Illinois's delegation(s) to the 95th–98th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

95th	Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D)	House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌R. Metcalfe (D) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R)
96th	Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D)	House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌B. Stewart (D) ▌J. Porter (R)
97th	Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Dixon (D)	House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌B. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌J. Porter (R) ▌L. Martin (R) ▌G. Savage (D) ▌H. Washington (D)
98th	Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Dixon (D)	House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌J. Porter (R) ▌L. Martin (R) ▌G. Savage (D) ▌H. Washington (D) ▌R. Durbin (D) ▌L. Evans (D) ▌B. Lipinski (D) ▌C. Hayes (D)

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Congress

Senate campaign

After politics

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