John Baldini collection, 1950-1988.

Illinois.

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On Feb. 3, 1809, the U. S. Congress approved an act that seperated Illinois from the Indiana Territory. The chief executive officer of the new territory was to be a Governor appointed by the President of the United States. With three territorial judges, the Governor formed a unicameral legislative body called the Council of Revision. Besides serving as commander-in-chief of the militia, the governor had broad administrative responsibilities empowering him to call elections, take cen...

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II and as a B-24 Liberator pilot flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Among the medals besto...

Mondale, Walter F. (Walter Frederick), 1928-2021

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Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928-April 19, 2021) is an American politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A United States senator from Minnesota (1964–1976), he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 United States presidential election, but lost to Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. In Octob...

Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

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U.S. Senator, Congressman, presidential candidate, Illinois lieutenant governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois State Senate, author. Bought a newspaper in Troy, Ill. when he was 19 and eventually owned 14 newspapers. Authored books on Elijah Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln as well as issues like world hunger and the environment. After retiring from the senate he founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he taught and con...

McLean County Museum of History (McLean County, Ill.)

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Bakalis, Michael John, 1938-

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Travis, Lawrence A.

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Julia Belle Swain (Riverboat)

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Harris, W. C. (William Conley)

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Burris, Roland W. (Roland Wallace), 1937-

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Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1978, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he was elected Illinois Comptroller. He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990. Since then, he has unsuccessfully run for office four more times. Burris was born and raised in t...

Larkin, William T.

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Barringer, Dean

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Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996

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Governor of Maine, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of state, of Waterville, Me.; d. 1996. From the description of Christmas card, 1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926049 United States senator from Maine. From the description of Address : at water symposium, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966 June 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33841361 Politician, governor of Maine, U.S. senator from Maine, and U.S. Secretary of State; d....

Segobiano, Paul

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Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a ...

Illinois. General Assembly. Senate

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The General Assembly, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, serves as the legislative body for the State of Illinois. As successor to the territorial Legislative Council and House of Representatives, principal General Assembly activities include enacting, amending or repealing laws; passing resolutions; adopting appropriations bills; and conducting inquiries on proposed legislation. Prior to the General Corporation Law of 1872, charters were granted to corporations by General ...

Sutker, Calvin R.

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Rock, Phillip.

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Powell, Paul, 1902-1970

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Paul Powell was born January 21, 1902 in Vienna, Illinois. He was a long-time member of the Illinois House of Representatives, of which he was Speaker from 1959 to 1963. He served as Illinois Secretary of State from 1965 until his death on October 10, 1970. From the description of Paul Powell speeches, 1969-1970. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 159935485 Illinois representative (Democrat) from fifty-first and fifty-ninth districts (1935-1964) and Secretar...

Donnelwald, James H.

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Hartigan, Neil F.

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Dixon, Alan J.

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Dilillo, Joseph

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Bayh, Birch, 1928-....

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The Patent and Trademark Act Amendments of 1980, introduced as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act and commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act, were enacted on December 12, 1980 (P.L. 96-517). The Bayh Dole Act established procedures through which universities, small businesses, and non-profit corporations could control intellectual property resulting from federally funded research. Co-sponsored by Senators Birch Bayh of Indiana and Robert Dole of Kansas, it was the culmination o...

Smith, Will

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William Smith was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1775. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584914 Moses Greenleaf, Jr., was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and pioneer Maine settler. William Smith was an agent for Eastern Lands. From the description of Autograph letter, signed, to Moses Greenleaf, 1815 Feb. 15. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 732317151 ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Small, Richard E.

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Shapiro, Samuel H. (Samuel Harvey), 1907-1987

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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (born Israel Shapiro; April 25, 1907 – March 16, 1987) was a Russian-born American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 34th Governor of Illinois from 1968 to 1969. Born in the Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as an infant, settling in Kankakee, Illinois. He took classes at St. Viator College and the University of Illinois, where he earned a law degree. After graduating, he entered privat...

Barrett, Edward J.

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Foran, Thomas A., -2000

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Cosentino, Jerry

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Walker, Daniel, 1922-

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Walker was Illinois governor, 1973-1977. From the description of Papers, 1973. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 690960181 ...

Clark, William.

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Nothing is known about William Clark. From the description of Land records, 1778-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122508054 ...

Phillips, David J.

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), III, 1930-2021

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American lawyer, business executive, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the son of former Illinois Governor and two-time presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1970 to 1981 and was twice a candidate for Governor of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Stevenson attended the Milton Academy in Massachusetts, Harrow School in England, and Harvard College. ...

Ives, Timothy Howlett, 1973-

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Renfrow, Todd

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Howlett, Michael J.

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Pucinski, Roman C., 1919-2002

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Roman Conrad Pucinski was born in Buffalo (N.Y.); educated in Chicago area schools and colleges; worked as a Chicago Sun-Times reporter and writer (1939-1959); was a pilot and war hero during World War II; U.S. Congressman (1959-1973); Chicago alderman (1973-1991). His mother Lydia Pucinska, famed performer and broadcaster, also was a leader of the Polish American community. He died Sept. 25, 2002. From the description of Roman C. Pucinski papers, 1958-1991. (Chicago History Museum)....

Hart, Gary, 1936-....

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Gary Warren Hart was born November 28, 1936 in Ottawa, Kansas. In 1958, he graduated from Bethany Nazarene College in Oklahoma. Hart earned degrees from the Yale Divinity School in 1961 and the Yale Law School in 1964. He first came to Colorado in 1943 and, in the summers from 1954 1962, he worked on the Santa Fe and Colorado & Southern Railroads. He moved to Colorado in 1965 and started to practice law in Denver in 1967, focusing on natural resource and environmental law. Gary Hart's public...

Browne, Richard G. (Richard Gibbs), 1901-1995

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Lewis, John W.

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Johnson, Lawrence E.

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Baldini, John

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Democratic County Chairman in McLean County from 1969 to 1982. As County Chairman, Mr. Baldini corresponded with Democratic candidates throughout McLean County, the state of Illinois, and the United States. From the description of John Baldini collection, 1950-1988. (Mclean County Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 299167055 ...

Seith, Alex

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Armbruster, Arthur

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