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Copyright © 2013 by Alan J. Dixon All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 4 3 2 1 Jacket illustrations: Top, Alan J. Dixon at the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago with Mayor Richard J. Daley in the background, from the Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com), September 9, 1976, © 1976 Chicago Tribune; all rights reserved; used by permission and protected by the copyright laws of the United States; the printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission, of this content without express written permission is prohibited. Bottom, Dixon with (left to right) John F. Kennedy (courtesy of the Belleville News-Democrat, Jeffrey Couch, editor and vice president); Harry Caray at Wrigley Field, Chicago (courtesy of Stephen Green Photography, sgreenphoto.com); President Ronald Reagan (author’s collection); and President Bill Clinton (courtesy of George Todt). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dixon, Alan J. The gentleman from Illinois : stories from forty years of elective public service / Alan J. Dixon ; with a foreword by Taylor Pensoneau. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8093-3260-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8093-3260-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8093-3261-8 (ebook) ISBN 0-8093-3261-2 (ebook) 1. Dixon, Alan J. 2. United States. Congress. Senate—Biography. 3. Legislators—United States—Biography. 4. United States—Politics and government—1981–1989. 5. United States—Politics and government—1989–1993. 6. Illinois. General Assembly. Senate—Biography. 7. Legislators—Illinois— Biography. 8. Illinois—Politics and government—1951– I. Title. E840.8.D54A3 2013 328.73'092—dc23 [B] 2012044227 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ...

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