John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 – March 12, 1902) was an American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He...
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A statue of John Peter Altgeld, sometimes called the John Peter Altgeld Monument, is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois...
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Planning for the building began during the Illinois governorship of John Peter Altgeld. The building was originally the University Library, and received...
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elected. Tanner himself was elected governor, defeating incumbent John Peter Altgeld by a wide margin. Tanner led up to his inauguration in grand style...
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initiative or inspiration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld During his term as governor (1893-1897), Altgeld expressed certain opinions on how buildings...
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presidential convention, one of Palmer's main Illinois rivals was Governor John Peter Altgeld, who succeeded in getting a candidate, former Illinoisan William Jennings...
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four were hanged on November 11, 1887. In 1893, Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld pardoned the remaining defendant and criticized the trial. The site...
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Located in an industrial area on Chicago's far South side, Altgeld was named after John Peter Altgeld, an Illinois governor in the 1890s. As one of the first...
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Northern Illinois University (redirect from Altgeld Hall (NIU))
Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers. In...
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1889 sess., 99, accessed August 16, 2023 Sobel 1978, pp. 380–381. "John Peter Altgeld". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023. Illinois...
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Schmidt, John R. (November 9, 2012). "The Oglesby statue". WBEZ. Chicago Public Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020. "John Peter Altgeld Monument" (PDF)...
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1880, until December 6, 1886. He was succeeded by future governor John Peter Altgeld. On June 6, 1887, he was elected to a four-year term to the Circuit...
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campaign for longer streetcar franchises in 1895, but Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld vetoed the franchise bills. Yerkes renewed the campaign in 1897, and...
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Memorial to Henry Lawson Wyatt, North Carolina State Capitol (1912) John Peter Altgeld, Lincoln Park, Chicago (1915) Thomas Paine, Montsouris, Paris (1936)...
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defeating Republican nominee Zina R. Carter, former Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld, as well as several minor candidates by a double-digit margin. The...
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library, a branch of the Mansfield–Richland County Public Library. John Peter Altgeld, a governor of Illinois Olive San Louie Anderson, scholar and author...
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lined up to hear memorial addresses by former Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld and John Lancaster Spalding. Mayor Strong broke down and cried at a meeting...
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leading role in the creation of the Museum of Science and Industry. John Peter Altgeld, Governor of Illinois from 1893 to January 1897, best known for role...
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similar culture war took place in Illinois in 1892, where Democrat John Peter Altgeld denounced the Republicans: The spirit which enacted the Alien and...
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Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld could manage the strike as it continued to cause more and more physical and economic damage. Altgeld's pro-labor mindset...
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ISBN 978-1-5017-0683-7. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt20d8b1h. Tompkins, C. David (1963). "John Peter Altgeld as a Candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1899". Journal of the Illinois...
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Main is one of "Altgeld's castles", five buildings built in the 1890s at the major Illinois state colleges. Governor John Peter Altgeld was instrumental...
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failed for lack of unity and a national leader, as Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld had been born in Germany and was ineligible to be nominated for president...
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family (See: John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn), Samuel Insull, Max Adler, Lucius Fisher, Lucius Teeter, John Peter Altgeld, Walter Gurnee, Philip...
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movies Running Scared, Child’s Play and Hoodlum. Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld lived in the building in 1897 after leaving the governorship. Charlie...
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John Cassavetes began his career in film in 1953 and ended it in 1986, between which times he was involved in every aspect of the film, television, and...
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years. His name was elevated to state level after fighting with General John C. Black, the pension commissioner, when the latter tried to remove him as...
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Savannah. Savannah has a public library, the Savannah Branch library. John Peter Altgeld – Governor of Illinois who lived in Savannah between 1869 and 1875...
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Democratic Governor John Peter Altgeld was defeated by Republican nominee John Riley Tanner who won 54.10% of the vote. John Peter Altgeld, incumbent Governor...
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structure on the campus. Construction was authorized by Governor John Peter Altgeld in 1895 as part of a program of expansion of state funding for education...
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