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John H. Stelle (left), governor for a tumultuous ninety-nine days, accompanies governor-elect Dwight Green to inaugural events in 1941. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) Senator C. Wayland Brooks (left) and Governor Dwight Green (right) meet with Chicago Tribune editor and publisher Robert McCormick at a Springfield event. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) (From left) Jack Arvey, Senator Scott Lucas, and longtime Chicago mayor Edward J. Kelly discuss Democratic Party campaign strategies. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) [18.117.81.240] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 22:43 GMT) George F. Barrett, Illinois attorney general, 1941–49, was a controversial figure in newspaper accounts of gambling and corruption. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) Governor Dwight Green announces the firing of the Department of Mines and Minerals director after the Centralia coal mine disaster, April 1947. (Courtesy of the Centralia Morning Sentinel) Senator Scott Lucas (left) tried to persuade Adlai Stevenson to run for governor during meetings in Springfield in November 1947. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) Senator Scott Lucas (left) and Mayor Martin H. Kennelly (right) greet President Truman on his visit to Chicago in June 1948. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) [18.117.81.240] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 22:43 GMT) Candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II meets with reporters at a Springfield airport in 1948. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) President Truman’s stop in Herrin drew thousands more people than the town’s population, September 1948. (Courtesy of Herrin City Library) President Truman visits Abraham Lincoln’s tomb during a campaign trip to Springfield, October 1948. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) [18.117.81.240] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 22:43 GMT) State representative Paul Powell (left) accompanies President Truman to the podium for a speech in Springfield, October 1948. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) Democratic candidates gather with President Truman at a Springfield campaign event, 1948. From left: Edward J. Barrett, Paul Douglas, Truman, Adlai Stevenson. (Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum) Senator Paul H. Douglas works at his Washington, D.C., desk early in his first term. He served in office from 1949 to 1967. (Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office) Theodore Link, St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative reporter, became a public figure during late stages of the 1948 campaign. (Reprinted with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ...