Full Text of HJR0111 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly takes pride in | 3 | | recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of State | 4 | | officials and citizens and would like to honor the lasting | 5 | | legacy of Governor Dwight Herbert Green, the thirty-second | 6 | | governor of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Governor Green was born in Ligonier, Indiana on | 8 | | January 9, 1897; he attended Wabash College from 1915 to 1917, | 9 | | but his education was interrupted with the outbreak of World | 10 | | War I; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Governor Green joined the United States Army Air | 12 | | Service and served as a second lieutenant, an army pilot, and a | 13 | | flying instructor; after his military service, he returned to | 14 | | his educational pursuits; he studied at Stanford in 1919 and | 15 | | earned a law degree from the University of Chicago in 1922; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Governor Green entered public service after | 17 | | establishing a successful legal career in Chicago, securing an | 18 | | appointment in 1926 as a special attorney with the Bureau of | 19 | | Internal Review; in 1927, he served as a special assistant to | 20 | | the United States Attorney for the Northern District of | 21 | | Illinois, where he was also one of the prosecutors in the | 22 | | income tax evasion trial of Al Capone; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Governor Green served as Illinois U.S. Attorney | 2 | | from 1932 until 1935; while he was an unsuccessful 1939 Chicago | 3 | | mayoral candidate, he won the 1940 Republican gubernatorial | 4 | | nomination and was sworn into the governor's office on January | 5 | | 13, 1941; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, At the end of the same year, Pearl Harbor thrust | 7 | | Governor Green into the job of leading one of the largest U.S. | 8 | | state governments during World War II; he won widespread | 9 | | support during the war and was reelected in 1944 to serve a | 10 | | second full term; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure, the Chicago transit system was | 12 | | obtained, the publicly owned-port authority was sanctioned, | 13 | | and veteran programs that focused on rehabilitation, | 14 | | reemployment, and retraining were all advanced; an interracial | 15 | | commission was authorized to look into racism complaints in the | 16 | | employment and housing sectors and legislation was instituted | 17 | | that made the teaching of American history and the ideology of | 18 | | republican government a mandatory requirement in public | 19 | | schools; after running unsuccessfully for a third term, Green | 20 | | left office on January 10, 1949 and retired from politics; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Governor Green passed away on February 20, 1958 | 22 | | and was buried at the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago; therefore, |
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| 1 | | be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 4 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Illinois State Armory | 5 | | Building in Springfield, Illinois as the Governor Dwight H. | 6 | | Green State Armory Building; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That the office of Central Management Services is | 8 | | requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State | 9 | | and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving | 10 | | notice of the name "Governor Dwight H. Green State Armory | 11 | | Building"; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Governor Green, the Department of | 14 | | Central Management Services, the Illinois State Police, and the | 15 | | Illinois Secretary of State.
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