Although serious scandal erupted in Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie s administration eight hundred thousand dollars mysteriously appearing in Secretary of State Paul Powell s shoe boxes and other hiding places, the downfall of two Supreme Court justices for questionable stock dealings, corruption surrounding the Illinois State Fair Ogilvie s accomplishments, as Taylor Pensoneau demonstrates, rank him among the best governors in Illinois history.

Perhaps the most important of Ogilvie s accomplishments during his single term in office (19691973) was the passage of the state s first...

Although serious scandal erupted in Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie s administration eight hundred thousand dollars mysteriously appearing in Secretary of State Paul Powell s shoe boxes and other hiding places, the downfall of two Supreme Court justices for questionable stock dealings, corruption surrounding the Illinois State Fair Ogilvie s accomplishments, as Taylor Pensoneau demonstrates, rank him among the best governors in Illinois history.

Perhaps the most important of Ogilvie s accomplishments during his single term in office (19691973) was the passage of the state s first...

In 1993, Alan J. Dixon s political career came to an end with a defeat the first one in his forty-three years of elected service. Beginning his legislative career in 1950 as a Democrat in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dixon also served in the Illinois State Senate, worked as state treasurer and secretary of state, and concluded his political career as a U.S. senator. The Gentleman from Illinois is an insider s account of Illinois politics in the second half of the twentieth century, providing readers with fascinating stories about the people he encountered and events he...