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Autore |
Pensoneau Taylor |
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Titolo |
Governor Richard Ogilvie [[electronic resource] ] : In the Interest of the State |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Governors -- Illinois -- Biography |
Governors |
Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951- |
Illinois |
Ogilvie, Richard B |
Illinois Politics and government 1951- |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright; Copyright Page; Contents; Contents; Preface; 1. Turning Points: 1944 and 1969; 2. Inauguration and Transition: The Early Days of Ogilvie's Governorship; 3. A Political Career on the Line; 4. From Sheriff to Cook County Board President; 5. The Accardo Case: Taking on the Big Tuna; 6. The 1968 Campaign and Vote; 7. Bourbons in the Senate, Scandal in the High Court; Gallery; 8. Proposed, Debated, Passed: The State Income Tax; 9. More Ogilvie Coups; 10. The Constitutional Convention: A Triumph amid Setbacks; 11. War on Polluters |
12. Campus Riots and the Guard13. Winning Control of the Budget; 14. Ogilvie in Person and in the Press; 15. Prisons, Highways and Other Ventures; 16. Dorothy Ogilvie; 17. Powell's Cash and Racetracks: Public Anger Boils; 18. Political Death; Afterward; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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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 (1969-1973) was the passage of the sta |
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