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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican , he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .
The 1970 United States Senate special election in Illinois was held on November 3, 1970, [1] to fill the remainder of the term of Republican Everett Dirksen, who had died in office. Republican Ralph Tyler Smith had been appointed to fill the seat after Dirksen's death, and he lost the special election to Democrat Adlai Stevenson III.
Upon the death of Everett Dirksen, Governor Richard B. Ogilvie appointed Smith to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate. He served from September 17, 1969, to November 16, 1970. He ran for re-election in the 1970 special election, but was defeated by Adlai E. Stevenson III, the son of former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson II.
Hammond will take on the role of the late Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen in a staged reading beginning next month in New York, organizers announced… ‘SNL’ alum Darrell Hammond to play Sen ...
He married his first wife, Danice Joy Dirksen, who the daughter of former Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen in 1951. Together, they had two children,a son and a daughter . After she died of cancer on April 24, 1993, Baker then married U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, daughter of Kansas Governor Alf Landon, on December 7, 1996. [43]
Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. ... 'All My Children' star Esta TerBlanche's cause of death ...
The trial started with jury selection on Oct. 8 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and have deliberated each weekday since ...
Following the death of incumbent U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen in 1969, Stevenson ran for his seat. He faced former state representative Ralph T. Smith in the general election, who was appointed to the seat by Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie.