Governor Richard Ogilvie: In the Interest of the State

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Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Ogilvie in uniform in early 1944, as his army tank battalion awaits assignment to combat duty overseas. The unit was sent to Europe later that year. Photograph courtesy of Dorothy Ogilvie. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Cook County Sheriff Ogilvie administers the oath of office in 1963 to a class of recruits for his office. Photograph courtesy of Dorothy Ogilvie. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Ogilvie takes a break from the campaign trail during his successful race for governor in 1968. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois State Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Ogilvie being sworn in as governor of Illinois, January 13, 1969, in the State Armory in Springfield. The oath was administered by ChiefJustice Roy J. SolfisburgJr. of the Illinois Supreme Court. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois State Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. The governor in Washington in 1969 with a group of Illinois Republicans. Left to right: Governor Ogilvie, Representative Leslie C. Arends of Melvin, Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Senator Charles H. Percy. Photograph courtesy of Dorothy Ogilvie. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. The Illinois first family in 1969, Richard and Dorothy Ogilvie with their daughter Elizabeth. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois state Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Ogilvie addresses a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate in 1971. Photograph courtesy of Dorothy Ogilvie. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Senator W. Russell Arrington of Evanston, the fiery Senate Republican leader who helped to push many of Ogilvie's proposals through the General Assembly. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois State Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. The governor chats with reporters (Taylor Pensoneau, facing camera) in his office after a press conference in late 1969. Frequent sessions with Statehouse reporters were a hallmark of Ogilvie's term as governor . Photograph by Les Sintay, courtesy of United Press International. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. President Nixon and Governor Ogilvie head a caravan through the Illinois State Fair in 197I. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois State Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. The governor chuckles as Representative C. 1. McCormick, a Vienna Republican, lampoons Dan Walker, Ogilvie's Democratic opponent in the governor's race, at a rally in southern Illinois in 1972. Photograph courtesy of Dorothy OgilVie. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. A campaign poster for Ogilvie's 1972 re-election bid that sought to turn the governor's perceived lack of charisma into a plus. Photograph courtesy of the Illinois State Historical Library. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Governor and Mrs. Ogilvie present Pope Paul VI with an Abraham Lincoln memento during an audience at the Vatican in 1972. Photograph from Wide World Photos. Electronic Image Rights Unavailable. Ogilvie with comedian Bob Hope, at a Gateway Foundation dinner in 1978. After leaving office, Ogilvie devoted much of his time to civic and benevolent undertakings , such as Chicago-based Gateway Foundation's program to combat alcohol and drug addiction. Photograph courtesy of the Gateway Foundation. ...