Robert F. McPartlin (November 2, 1926 – April 15, 1987) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member the Illinois House of Representatives for the 16th district from 1960 to 1976, when he was indicted for taking part in a $1.3 million bribery scheme over a "$48 million Chicago sewage contract" alongside billionaire heirs E. Bronson Ingram II and Frederic B. Ingram. McPartlin was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1979, and he died[how?] at the end of his sentence.
Robert F. McPartlin was born on November 2, 1926, in Austin, Chicago.[1][2] His father, Frank L. McPartlin, was the Democratic committeeman of the 30th ward on the Chicago City Council.[1]
McPartlin was an electrical engineer for the city of Chicago.[1]
McPartlin served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 16th district from 1960 to 1976, when he was indicted for taking part in a $1.3 million bribery scheme over a "$48 million Chicago sewage contract" alongside billionaire heirs E. Bronson Ingram II and Frederic B. Ingram.[4] He was convicted of bribery in 1977 alongside Frederic, while Bronson was acquitted.[5] McPartlin was given an eight-year prison sentence in 1979.[6]
