| William Stratton |
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| 1914 births | |
| stratton, william g. | |
| 2001 deaths | |
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In 1960, Governor Stratton ran for an unprecedented third-consecutive term but was defeated by Otto Kerner, Jr. . Acquitted of charges of Tax Evasion in 1965, he died at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 2001. At the time of his death he was a member of the Illinois Civil Service Commission William G. Stratton Lock and Dam on the Fox River (Illinois) near McHenry, Illinois and William G. Stratton State Park on the Illinois River in Morris, Illinois and the State Office Building (housing offices of many state legislators and other state agencies,) in the Illinois State Capitol complex, completed during his first term as governor, was named the William G. Stratton Building in his honor. In 1968 he ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Illinois and was defeated by Richard B Ogilvie . In retirement, Stratton resided in Chicago. Among his pall bearers were his successors as Governor, James R. Thompson , Jim Edgar , and George H. Ryan .
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