LEADER 02933nam 22004933u 450 001 9910787642903321 005 20210111234046.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000488841 035 $a(EBL)1354465 035 $a(OCoLC)842613411 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354465 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000488841 100 $a20131216d2009|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aGovernor Richard Ogilvie$b[electronic resource] $eIn the Interest of the State 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2148-3 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a12. 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 330 $aAlthough 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 sta 606 $aGovernors -- Illinois -- Biography 606 $aGovernors 606 $aIllinois -- Politics and government -- 1951- 606 $aIllinois 606 $aOgilvie, Richard B 607 $aIllinois$xPolitics and government$y1951- 615 4$aGovernors -- Illinois -- Biography. 615 4$aGovernors. 615 4$aIllinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-. 615 4$aIllinois. 615 4$aOgilvie, Richard B. 676 $a977.3/043 676 $a977.3043 700 $aPensoneau$b Taylor$01491310 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787642903321 996 $aGovernor Richard Ogilvie$93713098 997 $aUNINA