TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dixon,Alan J.
TI  - The Gentleman from Illinois: Stories from Forty Years of Elective Public Service
SN  - 9780809332618
AV  - E840 .D59 2013eb
U1  - 328.73/092 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Carbondale
PB  - Southern Illinois University Press
KW  - Dixon, Alan J.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Senate
KW  - Biography
KW  - Illinois
KW  - General Assembly
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - fast
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Parlementaires
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Legislative Branch
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1981-1989
KW  - 1989-1993
KW  - 1951-
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 335) and index; Cover; Jacket Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Taylow Pensoneau; Preface; 1. The Early Years; 2. Serving in the Illinois Statehouse; 3. An Illinois State Senator; Gallery of Illustrations; 4. Treasurer and Secretary of State; 5. U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon; 6. Going Home; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
N2  - In 1993, Alan J. Dixon's political career came to an end with a defeat-the first one in his forty-three years of elected service. Beginning his legislative career in 1950 as a Democrat in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dixon also served in the Illinois State Senate, worked as state treasurer and secretary of state, and concluded his political career as a U.S. senator. The Gentleman from Illinois is an insider's account of Illinois politics in the second half of the twentieth century, providing readers with fascinating stories about the people he encountered and eve
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