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Governor Richard Ogilvie [electronic resource] : In the Interest of the State
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pensoneau, Taylor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Governors--Illinois--Biography.
- Governors.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1951-.
- Illinois.
- Ogilvie, Richard B.
- Local Subjects:
- Governors--Illinois--Biography.
- Governors.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1951-.
- Illinois.
- Ogilvie, Richard B.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- 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 (1969-1973) was the passage of the sta
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC:
- 842613411
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