Papers, 1971.

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Papers, 1971.

Memos, news letters, reports, press releases, pamphlets, lists of chairmen, address lists of supporters and campaign items. Numerous memos relating to campaign issues and ideas, many related to the focus on the Youth for Ogilvie-Nowlan campaign. Memos to Nowlan and to and from the Ogilvie campaign manager. Reports and memos discussing campaign strategies and funds needed to carry out certain plans. Nowlan's schedule. Appeared before veteran's groups, on college and university campuses, at county fairs and numerous small towns around the state. News releases regarding Nowlan's background, activities and plans for action as Lt. Governor. Campaign pamphlets and flyers.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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St. John, Ronald Bruce

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Campaign manager for the James Nowlan 1971 campaign for Lt. Governor of Illinois, who was born in Kewanee, Ill. in 1943, graduated from Knox College, received a Ph. D in International Relations from the University of Denver in 1970, served in Vietnam, 1970-1971, where he won a Bronze Star and returned to lead the campaign of his friend, James Nowlan. The new Illinois constitution required the Lt. Governor and the Governor to be from the same party, so St. John worked closely with the campaign ma...

Republican Party (Ill.)

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Nowlan, James Dunlap, 1941-

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Illinois State Representative from Toulon, Illinois from 1969 to 1972, who went on to become a political science professor at the University of Illinois and an independant candidate for governor of Illinois in 1985. From the description of Strawberry festival tuesday evening at the courthouse : unpublished paper, 1969 / by James D. Nowlan. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592699 University of Illinois Political Science professor, Illinois State R...

Ogilvie, Richard B.

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Governor of Illinois, 1969-1973, who had previously practiced law, served as sheriff of Cook County and president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. During his tenure as governor he saw enacted the first Illinois income tax, formation of the Bureau of the Budget and the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention. He used funds from revenue sharing program to launch "New Illinois" promoting the state as an ideal place to start new business and industry. He lost reelection to Dan Walker in 19...