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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821394203321

Autore

Dixon Alan J

Titolo

The gentleman from Illinois [[electronic resource] ] : stories from forty years of elective public service / / Alan J. Dixon ; with a foreword by Taylor Pensoneau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8093-3261-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

328.73/092

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Soggetti

Legislators - United States

Legislators - Illinois

United States Politics and government 1981-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-1993

Illinois Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The early years -- Serving in the Illinois State House -- An Illinois state senator -- Treasurer and Secretary of State -- U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon -- Going home.

Sommario/riassunto

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 participated i