The Heroic and the Notorious : U. S. Senators from Illinois

This Sweeping Survey Constitutes The First Comprehensive Treatment Of The Men And Woman Who Have Been Chosen To Represent Illinois In The U. S. Senate From 1818 To The Present Day. 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 State's Senatorial Heritage. Originally Published As An Uncertain Tradition: U. S. Senators From Illinois, 1818-2003, This Second Edition Brings Readers Up To Date With New Material On Richard Durbin, As Well As Completely New Sections On Barack Obama, Roland Burris, And Illinois's Newest Senator, Mark Kirk. This Fresh And Careful Study Of The Shifting Set Of Political Issues Illinois's Senators Encountered Over Time Is Illuminated By The Lives Of Participants In The Politics Of Choice And Service In The Senate. 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. Rigorously Documented And Supremely Readable, This Convenient Reference Volume Is Enhanced By Portraits Of Many Of The Senators. The Founding Fathers: Jesse Burgess Thomas (1818-29) ; Ninian Edwards (1818-24) -- The Appearance Of Political Parties: John Mclean (1824-25, 1829-30) ; Elias Kent Kane (1825-35) ; David J. Baker (1830) ; William Lee Davidson Ewing (1835-37) ; John Mccracken Robinson (1830-41) ; Richard Montgomery Young (1837-43) -- The Calm Before The Storm: Samuel Mcroberts (1841-43) ; James Semple (1843-47) ; Sidney Breese (1843-49) -- The Little Giant And Lincoln's Duelist: Stephen A. Douglas (1847-61) ; James Shields (1849-55) -- A Puritan Conscience: Lyman Trumbull (1855-73) -- Civil War And Reconstruction: Orville Hickman Browning (1861-63) ; William Alexander Richardson (1863-65) ; Richard Yates (1865-71) ; John Alexander Logan (1871-77) -- Uncle Dick And Black Jack: Richard James Oglesby (1873-79) ; John Alexander Logan (1879-86) -- Lincoln's Campaign Manager: David Davis (1877-83) --^ From Generals To Journeymen: Shelby Morris Cullom (1883-1901) ; Charles Benjamin Farwell (1887-91) ; John Mcauley Palmer (1891-97) ; William Ernest Mason (1897-1903) ; Shelby Morris Cullom (1901-13) -- A System In Transition: Albert Jarvis Hopkins (1903-9) ; William H. Lorimer (1909-11) ; James Hamilton Lewis (1913-19) ; Lawrence Y. Sherman (1913-21) -- An Unraveling Of The Republican Fabric: Joseph Medill Mccormick (1919-25) ; William Brown Mckinley (1921-27) ; Charles Samuel Deneen (1925-31) ; Frank Leslie Smith (elected In 1926) ; Otis Ferguson Glenn (1928-33) -- Democrats Come To Power: James Hamilton Lewis (1931-39) ; James M. Slattery (1939-41) ; William Henry Dieterich (1933-39) -- Popular Election Comes Of Age: Scott Wike Lucas (1939-51) ; Charles Wayland Curly Brooks (1941-49) -- A Professor In Politics: Paul Howard Douglas (1949-67) -- The Wizard Of Ooze: Everett Mckinley Dirksen (1951-69) ; Ralph Tyler Smith (1969-70) --^ A Modern Republican: Charles Harting Percy (1967-85) -- Ending An Illinois Tradition?: Adlai Ewing Stevenson Iii (1970-80) -- Al The Pal And The Cheshire Cat: Alan John Dixon (1980-93) ; Carol Moseley-braun (1993-99) -- A Moralist In Politics: Paul Simon (1985-97) -- A Leader Among Democrats: Richard Joseph Durbin (1997-) -- An Extended Period Of Unrest: Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald (1999-2005) ; Barack Hussein Obama (2005-8) ; Roland Wallace Burris (2009-10) ; Mark Steven Kirk (2010-) -- Conclusion. David Kenney And Robert E. Hartley. Rev. Ed. Of: An Uncertain Tradition. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-263) And Index.