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This sweeping survey constitutes the first comprehensive treatment of the forty-seven individualsâforty-six white males and one African American femaleâwho have been chosen to represent Illinois in the United States Senate from 1818 to 2003. David Kenney and Robert E. Hartley underscore nearly two centuries of Illinois history with these biographical and political portraits, compiling an incomparably rich resource for students, scholars, teachers, journalists, historians, politicians, and any Illinoisan interested in the stateâs heritage. Â
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An Uncertain Tradition: U. S. Senators from Illinois, 1818â2003 is a fresh and careful study of the shifting set of political issues occurring over time and illuminated by the lives of participants in the politics of choice and service in the Senate. Kenney and Hartley plot the course of the stateâs varied senatorial leadership, from the stateâs founding and the appearance of political parties, through the Civil War and its aftermath, and into the diverse political climate of the twenty-first century. From the notorious to the heroic, the popular to the pioneering, the senatorial roster includes such luminaries as âThe Little Giantâ Stephen A. Douglas; Lyman Trumbull, who served three terms in the Civil War era; âUncle Dickâ and âBlack Jack,â also known as Richard Oglesby and John A. Logan; the âWizard of Oozeâ Everett Dirksen; and modern leaders such as Adlai Stevenson III, Paul Simon, and Carol Moseley-Braun.Â
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Kenney and Hartley offer incisive commentary on the quality of senate service in each case, as well as timeline graphs relating to the succession of individuals in each of the two sequences of service, the geographical distribution of senators within the state, and the variations in party voting for senate candidates. Rigorously documented and supremely readable, this convenient reference volume is enhanced by portraits of many of the senators.
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