James Robert Thompson Washington D.C. office correspondence, 1984-1989.

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James Robert Thompson Washington D.C. office correspondence, 1984-1989.

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Copies of outgoing correspondence are addressed to private citizens and organizations and officials in federal, state, and local government. Correspondence focuses on federal legislation, policies, programs, and appropriations as they concern such issues as job trainng, health care, unemployment, taxation, environmental standards, welfare, agricultural subsidies, flood control, highway construction, waterway navigation, clean coal technology, and the Superconducting Super Collider. Occasionally included with the correspondence are copies of news releases and transcripts of testimonies given by the Governor and various Illinois state agency directors before U.S. congressional committees and other organizations.

.75 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Governor (1977-1991 : Thompson)

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James Robert Thompson was born on Chicago's West Side on May 8, 1936. He obtained his elementary education in public schools, but followed his high school studies at North Park Academy, a private shcool on the northwest side of Chicago. He attended college at the University of Illinois campus at Navy Pier and Washington University in St. Louis, and received his law degree from Northwestern University. Thompson was admitted to the bar two weeks early by special arrangement so that he...

Thompson, James Robert, 1936-2020

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James R. Thompson, Illinois’ 39th governor, held the record for being Illinois’ governor with the longest term in office. Thompson, a Republican, was elected for a two year term in 1976, and reelected for 3 four year terms. After 14 years in office, Thompson did not run for another four year term in 1990. Thompson was born in Chicago on May 8, 1936. From 1959 to 1964 Thompson was a prosecutor for the Cook County States Attorney’s Office. In 1969 he was appointed Chief of the Department of Law En...

Illinois. Governor

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In 1809, Illinois became a territory of the United States and, as such, had its governors appointed by the President of the United States. The territorial governor was Ninian Edwards who was succeeded by Shadrach Bond when Illinois became a state in 1818. When the Governor was out of the territory, the territorial Secretary served as acting Governor, and maintained the gubernatorial correspondence. From the description of Correspondence, 1809-1816. (Illinois State Archive). WorldCat ...