Ayers, Illinois | |
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  Ayers, Illinois  Ayers, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 42°03′14″N90°06′56″W / 42.05389°N 90.11556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Carroll |
| Elevation | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 815 & 779 |
| GNIS feature ID | 422426 [1] |
Ayers is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. Ayers is located along Illinois Route 84, south of Savanna.
The Weather Underground was a far-left Marxist militant organization first active in 1969, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. Originally known as the Weathermen, the group was organized as a faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) national leadership. Officially known as the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) beginning in 1970, the group's express political goal was to create a revolutionary party to overthrow the United States government, which WUO believed to be imperialist.
Champaign County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 205,865, making it the 10th-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Urbana.
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,702. Its county seat is Mount Carroll.
Bond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,725. Its county seat is Greenville.
Bernardine Rae Dohrn is a retired law professor and a former leader of the far-left militant organization Weather Underground in the United States. As a leader of the Weather Underground in the early 1970s, Dohrn was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for several years. She remained a fugitive, even though she was removed from the list. After coming out of hiding in 1980, Dohrn pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of aggravated battery and bail jumping.
Diana Oughton was an American member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Michigan Chapter and later, a member of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. Oughton received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College. After graduation, Oughton went to Guatemala with the American Friends Service Committee program to teach the young and older Native Americans.
John Simpson Savage was an Ohio school teacher, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1875 to 1877.
Larry Bomke is a former Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 50th district from 1995 to 2013.
Sidell Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073 and it contained 445 housing units.
Roy Elmer Ayers was a U.S. Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of Montana. He was the first governor of Montana to be born in what would become the state of Montana.
Savanna Township is one of twelve townships in Carroll County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,432 and it contained 1,919 housing units.
Ayers Township is one of thirty townships in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421 and it contained 198 housing units.
Lagrange Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,103 and it contained 512 housing units.
Jethro Ayers Hatch was an American physician and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897.
During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, controversy broke out regarding Barack Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a former leader of the Weather Underground, a radical left organization in the 1970s. Investigations by CNN, The New York Times and other news organizations concluded that Obama did not have a close relationship with Ayers.
William Charles Ayers is an American retired professor and activist. During the 1960s, Ayers rose to prominence as a leader of the Weather Underground militant group, described by the FBI as a terrorist group.
Ayers is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Ayers is northwest of Greenville.
James Nicholas Ayers is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016, and as the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010.
The 1936 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Governor of Montana Elmer Holt, who became governor in 1935 upon the death of Frank Henry Cooney, ran for re-election. He was challenged in the Democratic primary by a number of challengers, and was narrowly defeated for renomination by United States Congressman Roy E. Ayers of Montana's 2nd congressional district. Ayers advanced to the general election, where he faced Frank A. Hazelbaker, the former Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the Republican nominee. Following a close election, Ayers narrowly defeated Hazelbaker to win what would be his first and only term as governor.
Andrew Russel was a Republican politician and banker, who twice served as Illinois Treasurer and later as Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (1917-1925), before being convicted along with his partner of illegal banking practices in 1932 and dying in prison.
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