Papers, 1941-1948.
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Green, Dwight H. (Dwight Herbert), 1897-1958
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Republican governor of Illinois from 1941-1949, who had served as special assistant to the United States District Attorney for the Northern District and had successfully prosecuted several notorious gangsters, including Al Capone, prior to entering politics. From the description of Papers, 1939-1950. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592567 Dwight H. Green (1897-1958) served as governor of Illinois (1941-1949). The Cook County Republican had previ...
Chiles, Clarence William, 1892-1971.
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Illinois. Governor (1941-1949 : Green)
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958), Republican governor of Illinois, was born on Jan. 9, 1897 at Ligonier, Ind. For two years, Green went to Wabash College, before serving in the Army Air Force during WWI as a flight instructor at Mather Field, Calif. Green resumed his education, first at Stanford, then the University of Chicago, receiving an undergraduate degree (1920) and a law degree (1922) while working for the Hearst newspapers as a reporter, legal intern and columnist. He began his legal car...
