Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955,and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953,until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses" who controlled and mobilized American cities. He was the patriarch of a powerful Chicago political family. His son,Richard M. Daley,would also go on to serve as mayor of Chicago and another son,William M. Daley,served as the United States Secretary of Commerce and White House Chief of Staff.
Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor in April 1983. He served as mayor from April 29,1983,until his death in 1987. Born in Chicago and raised in the Bronzeville neighborhood,Washington became involved in local 3rd Ward politics under Chicago Alderman and future Congressman Ralph Metcalfe after graduating from Roosevelt University and Northwestern University School of Law. Washington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983,representing Illinois's first district. Washington had previously served in the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 until 1976.
Gibson City is a city in Ford County,Illinois,United States. The population was 3,475 at the 2020 census.
Paxton is a city in and the county seat of Ford County,Illinois,United States. The population was 4,450 at the 2020 census.
The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third party in the United States and the third-longest active party.
Clarence James Brown Sr. was an American politician;he represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his death in Bethesda,Maryland in 1965. Long representing conservative views,near the end of his life,he helped gain House passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,which he voted for to provide enforcement of the right to vote for all citizens,while also voting in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957,1960,and 1964.
Edward Selig Salomon was a German-American politician and military official. Born into a Jewish family in the Duchy of Schleswig in modern-day Germany,he immigrated to the United States as a young adult and served as a lieutenant colonel for the Union during the American Civil War. After nomination for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13,1865,by President Andrew Johnson on January 13,1866,the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12,1866. Salomon later held public office as Cook County (Illinois) clerk,governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator.
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.
Paul Gust Vallas Sr. is an American politician and former education superintendent. He served as the superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and the Recovery School District of Louisiana,the CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools,and a budget director for the city of Chicago.
Hale Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nominee in 1896 and ran for its presidential nomination in 1900.
The 1912–13 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They were the last U.S. Senate elections before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,establishing direct elections for all Senate seats. Senators had been primarily chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1912 and 1913,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. Some states elected their senators directly even before passage of Seventeenth Amendment. Oregon pioneered direct election and experimented with different measures over several years until it succeeded in 1907. Soon after,Nebraska followed suit and laid the foundation for other states to adopt measures reflecting the people's will. By 1912,as many as 29 states elected senators either as nominees of their party's primary or in conjunction with a general election.
The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on an organizational structure of a ward or township committeeperson to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s when political patronage in employment was endemic in American cities,it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. By the beginning of the 21st century the party had largely ceased to function as a machine due to the legal dismantling of the patronage system under the Shakman Decrees issued by the federal court in Chicago. The current Chair is Toni Preckwinkle,who is also the elected Cook County Board president.
Chester Charles Thompson was an Illinois politician who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939. Before serving in Congress he served the people as Rock Island County Treasurer and as mayor of Rock Island.
The Illinois Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Illinois founded on May 29,1856. It is run by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee,which consists of 17 members,one representing each of the state's congressional districts. Once the dominant party in Illinois,the state GOP has become a minority party within the last few decades,holding little power in the state. The current chairman is Kathy Salvi,who has served since 2024.
William Henry Langdon was an American banker,lawyer and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from January 4,1927,to August 10,1939.
James Newton Ashmore was an American football,basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University—(1903),Millikin University,Western Maryland College—now known as McDaniel College–(1907–1908),and DePauw University (1922–1924),compiling a career college football record of 61–46–9. Ashmore was also the head basketball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904–1905),Millikin,the University of Colorado at Boulder (1914–1917),the University of Iowa (1920–1922),DePauw (1923–1924) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1926–1931),tallying a career college basketball mark of 178–117. In addition,he was the head baseball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904),Millikin,Colorado,(1915–1917),Iowa (1920–1922),DePauw (1923–1924) and North Carolina (1927–1931).
Sir George Ritchie KCMG was a South Australian politician. During his parliamentary career he held every ministerial position and was a minister in both Houses,a feat rarely equalled.
From March 9 to June 5,1920,voters of the Republican Party elected delegates to the 1920 Republican National Convention for the purpose of choosing the party's nominee for president in the 1920 election.
The 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 4,1930.
