Juul, Niels (1859-1929)

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Statement on Illinois State Senate Bill 233 (Child Actor Bill), March 8, 1911

Jane Addams to Henry W. Johnson, April 15, 1911

Statement on Illinois State Senate Bill 233 (Child Actor Bill), April 25, 1911

Charles Lionel Chute and Edward Fisher Brown to Jane Addams, May 9, 1911

Jane Addams to Niels Juul, April 15, 1911

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Birth Date

1859-04-27

Death Date

1929-12-04

Birthplace

Midtjylland, Denmark

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Niels Juul was born in Midtjylkland, Denmark before emigrating to Chicago in 1880. He studied law at Lake Forest University and became a lawyer in 1899. He was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Illinois in 1892 and served as a member of the State Senate from 1898 to 1914. From 1907 to 1911, Juul was the assistant attorney of the Sanitary District of Chicago. In 1917, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving one term. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Juul United States Collector of Customs for the Port of Chicago.

Juul married Hulda E. Risberg in 1901. They had three children together. Juul died in 1929.