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Speaker Party General Assembly Date of election 1 John Messinger: Democratic-Republican: 1st: October 5, 1818 2 John McLean: Democratic-Republican: 2nd: December 4, 1820 3 William M. Alexander: Democratic-Republican: 3rd: December 2, 1822 4 Thomas Mather: Democratic-Republican: 4th November 15, 1824 5 David Blackwell: Democratic: January 2 ...
John Drury, describing the scene for the Chicago Daily News in 1921, wrote, "free speech never was freer than in this unique spot on the near north side." [ 3 ] During Bughouse Square's height in the 1920s and 1930s, poets, religionists, and philosophers addressed the crowds, but the mainstays were soapboxers from the revolutionary left ...
Emanuel Christopher Welch [1] (born February 6, 1971), known as Chris Welch, is a lawyer and politician who is the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.A Democrat, he represents the 7th district in Cook County, [2] which includes all or parts of River Forest, Forest Park, Maywood, Broadview, Bellwood, Hillside, Westchester, La Grange Park and Berkeley.
The City Club of Chicago is a 501 (c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization intended to foster civic responsibility, promote public issues, and provide Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois with a forum for open political debate. The organization attracts those interested in civic responsibility, public issues, politics and networking ...
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
Michael Joseph Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1] He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. [2]
While there were established, professional speakers in Chicago, there was no speakers bureau that served the market at the national level. This led him to found the National Speakers Bureau in 1972. The first foray into the business came when Palmer arranged for Rod Serling, renowned screenwriter, to speak at Michigan State University. [1]
The Democratic Socialist Caucus of the Chicago City Council is a bloc of aldermen in the Chicago City Council. The block was unofficially organized as the Socialist Caucus in 2019, and later organized as a formal caucus with its current name in 2021.