An interview with Charles Hartke / Charles Hartke ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Charles Hartke / Charles Hartke ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

An interview of Charles Hartke conducted by Mark DePue for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Topics discussed include growing up on the farm in central Illinois; Effingham County Board; Effingham County Democratic Party Chairman; representative in the Illinois House of Representatives; Agriculture Committee in Illinois House of Representatives; ethanol; bio-diesel; bio-mass; Monkey Pox; soybean rust; Asian longhorn beetle; emerald ash borer; Representative Lou Lang; Speaker of the House Michael Madigan; Senate President Emil Jones; and Governor Rod Blagojevich.

5 data discs (186 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.6 film cassettes : digital ; 3/8 in.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Born on May 7, 1944 in Effingham, and grew up on the Hartke family farm in rural Teutopolis, Ill. Chuck grew up in a large extended family that included five sisters and four brothers. He attended a one room school through fifth grade, then attended school in nearby Teutopolis. He married Kathryn, his high school sweetheart, in 1963, and also began farming on land his father gave him as a wedding present. In 1966 he was drafted, and served in the Army as a medic for two years, including a month ...

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