Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
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24th Governor of Illinois
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| In office 1913 – 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Charles S. Deneen |
| Succeeded by | Frank O. Lowden |
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38th Mayor of the City of Chicago
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| In office 1905 – 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Carter Harrison, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Fred A. Busse |
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| Born | October 12, 1853 Watertown, Connecticut |
| Died | May 24, 1937 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (October 12, 1853–May 24, 1937) was an American politician who was the governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 37th mayor of Chicago from April 5, 1905 to 1907.
Born in 1853 in Watertown, Connecticut, he was a Democrat and died in 1937 in Chicago, Illinois.
In November 1915, Dunne designated state Senator Stephen Canaday of Hillsboro to appear as his representative on the train car along with the Liberty Bell as it passed through southern Illinois on its nationwide tour returning to Pennsylvania from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. After that trip, the Liberty Bell returned to Pennsylvania and will not be moved again.[1]
In 1921 he helped found an organization called the "National Unity Council" to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
[edit] References
- ^ "Liberty Bell Attracts Crowd in Greenville During 1915 Stop". Greenville Advocate. July 3, 2007.
[edit] For further reading
- Morton, Richard Allen. Justice and Humanity: Edward F. Dunne, Illinois Progressive. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. ISBN 0809320959
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