02933nam 22004933u 450 991078764290332120210111234046.0(CKB)2670000000488841(EBL)1354465(OCoLC)842613411(MiAaPQ)EBC1354465(EXLCZ)99267000000048884120131216d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Governor Richard Ogilvie[electronic resource] In the Interest of the StateCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20091 online resource (316 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2148-3 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 Polluters12. 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 CoverAlthough 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 (1969-1973) was the passage of the staGovernors -- Illinois -- BiographyGovernorsIllinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-IllinoisOgilvie, Richard BIllinoisPolitics and government1951-Governors -- Illinois -- Biography.Governors.Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-.Illinois.Ogilvie, Richard B.977.3/043977.3043Pensoneau Taylor1491310AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787642903321Governor Richard Ogilvie3713098UNINA