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'''Leslie Cornelius Arends''' (September 27, 1895 – July 17, 1985) represented a rural downstate Illinois district in the US Congress United States House of Representatives from 1935 to 1975. A [[conservative]]<ref name=nytimesobituary>Cook, Joan (July 17, 1985). [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/17/us/leslie-arends-40-year-house-member-dies.html LESLIE ARENDS, 40-YEAR HOUSE MEMBER, DIES]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 15, 2021.</ref> though pragmatic Republican, he opposed much of the [[New Deal]] and remained a staunch [[isolationist]] until the American entry into [[World War II]].
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