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James Hutchinson Woodworth (December 4, 1804 – March 26, 1869), was a member of the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois State House of Representatives, served as a Chicago Alderman, was elected to consecutive terms as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1848–1850) as an Independent Democrat, and served one term in the US House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
Ajamu Sibeko Baraka (/ ə ˈ ʒ ɑː m uː b ə ˈ r ɑː k ə / ə-ZHAH-moo bə-RAH-kə; born October 25, 1953) [2] is an American political activist. [1] In 2016, he was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States on the ballot in 45 [a] states and received 1,457,216 votes (1.07% of the popular vote).
Hempstead Washburne was born in Galena, Illinois on November 11, 1851, and attended Maine's Kents Hill School.He studied at the University of Bonn in Germany, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1874.
Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and ...
Hoffman was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Bertha (Weisberg) and Aaron Hoffman. [1] [2] His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.[3] [4] [5] Hoffman attended the Lewis Institute (now the Illinois Institute of Technology) and then received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Northwestern University at the age of sixteen in 1912.
Poster in support of the "Conspiracy 8" The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot ...
Richard M. Daley is the fourth of seven children and eldest son of Richard J. and Eleanor Daley, who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955.Born on April 24, 1942, [2] he grew up in Bridgeport, a historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's South Side.
Inflation hit 17.8% in 1917, the year the United States entered World War I. Prices increased at double digit rates for each of the next three years, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of ...