Letters, November 18, 1968; January 19, 1969.

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Letters, November 18, 1968; January 19, 1969.

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Two letters to Kerner's lieutenant governor and successor as governor Samuel H. Shapiro.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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...

Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976

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Kerner was a Chicago lawyer, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, county judge, Illinois governor (1961-1968), and court of appeals judge, from which post he was removed after a criminal conviction. He spent some months in the Federal Correctional Institution at Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of Letters, August 10, 1974; January 10 and 29, 1975. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 434841882 Kerner was a Chicago lawyer, U. S....