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  Stratton, William G.
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<-  1955-01-01  
 
NameWilliam G. Stratton
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Morris, Illinois , United States
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Born February 26, 1914
DiedMarch 02, 2001 (87 years)
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Jul 19, 2015 11:18pm
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InfoBorn in Ingleside, Lake County, Ill., February 26, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson, 1934; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; Illinois state treasurer, 1943-1944, and 1950-1952; served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, 1945-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1976; elected governor of Illinois in 1952, and reelected to the succeeding term, serving from January 12, 1953, to January 9, 1961; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as governor in 1960; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for governor in 1968; died on March 2, 2001, in Chicago, Ill.


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Father William J. Stratton 1886-1938

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  06/11/1968 IL Governor - R Primary Lost 7.08% (-40.43%)
  11/08/1960 IL Governor Lost 44.30% (-11.22%)
  04/12/1960 IL Governor - R Primary Won 59.12% (+18.23%)
  11/06/1956 IL Governor Won 50.34% (+0.85%)
  04/10/1956 IL Governor - R Primary Won 69.82% (+46.30%)
  11/04/1952 IL Governor Won 52.48% (+5.16%)
  04/08/1952 IL Governor - R Primary Won 56.12% (+36.55%)
  11/07/1950 IL Treasurer Won 55.36% (+11.04%)
  04/11/1950 IL Treasurer - R Primary Won 38.53% (+10.11%)
  11/02/1948 IL Secretary of State Lost 45.19% (-9.29%)
  11/05/1946 IL At-Large Won 55.13% (+10.62%)
  04/11/1944 IL Secretary of State - R Primary Lost 43.00% (-14.00%)
  11/03/1942 IL Treasurer Won 54.25% (+8.86%)
  04/14/1942 IL Treasurer - R Primary Won 79.27% (+66.51%)
  11/05/1940 IL At-Large Won 25.69% (+0.38%)
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