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On October 29, 2002, four days after the death of Minnesota U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone in a small plane crash and one week before the election in which he was running for a third term, a large public memorial event was held in Williams Arena in Minneapolis in remembrance of the senator and seven others killed in the crash. [1] Sen. Paul ...
Sandoval was elected in 2002 as state senator and was then sworn into office in 2003. [5] Sandoval questioned the work ethic of Governor Rod Blagojevich during the 2007 budget crisis, as Blagojevich returned to Chicago rather than staying in Springfield for the remainder of the session. [7] Sandoval was part of the Illinois Senate leadership. [8]
Chicago, Illinois: U.S. John G. Fary: January 3, 1951 February 15, 1896 Chicago, Illinois: 94th (1975–1977) Jerry Pettis Republican California (37th district) February 14, 1975 58 Plane crash [138] Banning, California: U.S. Shirley Neil Pettis: January 3, 1967 July 18, 1916 Phoenix, Arizona: 94th (1975–1977) Wright Patman Democratic Texas ...
CHICAGO — Billy Lawless, Ireland’s first Senator to be based overseas and the man behind a successful Chicago restaurant group, has died. He was 73. “It is with profound sadness that I share ...
Former U.S. Senator James Buckley, a premier conservative voice in Washington in the 1970s who successfully challenged limits on spending by political candidates while championing student privacy ...
Alice J. Palmer (née Roberts, June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. [1] Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6, 1991, until January 8, 1997. [2]
Joseph Medill McCormick (May 16, 1877 – February 25, 1925) was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago.After working as a publisher for some time and becoming part owner of the Chicago Tribune, which his maternal grandfather had owned, he entered politics.
He served in the Illinois Senate from 1967-1986. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, Chew served in the United States Navy during World War II. He went to Tuskegee University and Harvard University. Chew served on the Chicago City Council and was a Democrat. He worked as an administrative assistant in community relations in the Cook County Sheriff ...