Index
265 INDEX Adams, John Quincy, 8, 13 Alito, Samuel A. Jr., 225, 238 Allen, Howard, xvii Altgeld, John P., 86 American Legion, 133, 153 Arthur, Chester A., 77 Arvey, Jacob, 145–46, 183 Axelrod, David, 236 Baker, David J., 19 Baker, Howard, 166 Baker, John, xvii Bissell, William H., 55 Blagojevich, Rod, 230; and Roland Burris, 240–44; charges by FBI, 226–27, 241; impeachment of, 243; and trial convictions, 244. Blaine, James G., 69, 78 “Bloody Kansas,” 34 Bond, Shadrach, 7, 17 Breese, Arthur, 27 Breese, Sidney: in debate with Lincoln against Douglas, 30; defeat of, 29; early life of, 27; judicial career of, 27, 30; as opinion author in Munn v. Illinois, 30; political career of, 28–29; post-Senate life of, 29, 30; quarrel between, and Douglas, 29; selection of, as senator, 28; Senate service of, 28–29; as writer of states’ history, 29 Brooks, C. Wayland, 132, 153, 237; death of, 139; defeat of, 139; early life of, 136; election of, 137; gubernatorial candidacy of, 136; military record of, 136; physical appearance of, 136; political career of, 136; reelection of, 138; Senate service of, 136–37 Brown, Barbara, xvii Browning, Orville Hickman, 51–52; differences with Lincoln of, 53; early life of, 52; political career of, 52, 54 Bryan, William Jennings, 103, 183 Buchanan, James, 35, 55 Burditt, George, 189 Burris, Roland Wallace: as bank employee, 240; birth and childhood of, 239; and Rod Blagojevich , 240–44; college education of, 239; and Richard Durbin, 241–44; ethics investigation of, 243–45; impeachment affidavit by, 242–43; and Jesse Jackson, 240; and Mark Kirk, 245; Letter of Admonition for, 244; political career of, 240; and Patrick Quinn, 241–42; and Harry Reid, 241–42; retirement of, 245; U.S. Senate term of, 242–45 Bush, George W., 223, 224 Buzbee, Kenneth, xvii Byrne, Jane, 203 266 ★ INDEX Calhoun, John C., 33 Cellini, William, 226 Cermak, Anton, 126, 127, 128 Citizens for Ryan, 229–30 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 150, 164 Clark, William G., 169 Clay, Henry, 33 Cleveland, Grover, 70, 78 Compromise of 1850, 33 Conkling, Roscoe, 70 Conrad, David, xvii constitutional convention of 1818, 7, 10 Crawford, William, 7, 13 Cullom, Shelby, 200; death of, 97; early life of, 80; election of, as governor , 83; as governor, 83; and Interstate Commerce Act, 84; “last hurrah” of, 106; last two terms of, 96; longevity of, in office, 20; and William Lorimer, 96–97, 101; personality of, 81; political career of, 80–81; political skills of, 82; presidential aspirations of, 83–84; retirement of, 97, 106; John Tanner on, 96 Daley, Richard J., 150, 188–89; endorsement of Paul Simon by, 211 Darrow, Clarence, 49, 86 Daschle, Tom, 206, 221 Davis, David, 48, 62; death of, 78; early life of, 72; as judge, 73; and the Liberal Republican Party, 74– 75; and Abraham Lincoln, 73; as president pro tem of the Senate, 77; retirement of, 78; selection of, as senator, 75; Senate service of, 76; on Supreme Court, 74; unusual characteristics of, 72 Debs, Eugene, 49 Democratic Party: appearance in Illinois of, 23; resurgence in the 1930s of, 124; rise to dominance of, 124; success in 1912 of, 110 Deneen, Charles S., 118, 122, 183; death of, 117; early life of, 115; election of, as governor, 113–15; as governor, 115–16; political career of, 115; primary loss of, in 1930, 116–17; primary victory of, in 1924, 116; and Senate, 116 Derge, Patricia, 219 Dewey, Thomas E., 159 Didrickson, Loleta, 224–25, 230 Dieterich, William H., 123, 130 Dirksen, Everett M., 118, 147, 237; and civil rights bill, 165; daily schedule of, 163; death of, 170; decline in power of, 167; and Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, 170; and Paul Douglas, 147, 171; early life of, 153–54; education of, 154; and Dwight Eisenhower, 160; election of, 158; evaluation of, 171; health of, 157, 167; home of, 162; in House of Representatives , 155–57; internationalism of, 156; and Lyndon Johnson, 165, 169; and John F. Kennedy, 162; on J. Hamilton Lewis, 104; lifestyle of, 167; and Scott Lucas, 158; and marigold as national flower, 163; marriage of, 155; as minority leader, 161–62; and Richard Nixon, 169; as party whip in Senate, 160–61; political career of, 155–56; popularity of, late in career, 168; reelections of, 160, 162, 169; and Republican National Convention of 1952, 159; Senate campaign of, in 1950, 158; and wife, Louella, 163 Dixon, Alan J.: as “Al the Pal,” 201; as...
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