Dwight H. Green
| Dwight Green | |
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| 30th Governor of Illinois | |
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In office January 13, 1941 – January 10, 1949 |
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| Lieutenant | Hugh W. Cross |
| Preceded by | John H. Stelle |
| Succeeded by | Adlai Stevenson |
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| Born |
Dwight Herbert Green January 9, 1897 Ligonier, Indiana, U.S |
| Died | February 20, 1958 (aged 61) Chicago, Illinois, U.S |
| Resting place | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mabel Kingston (1926–1958) |
| Education |
Wabash College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Dwight Herbert Green (January 9, 1897 – February 20, 1958) was the 30th Governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1941 to 1949.
Green was born in Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana, son of Harry Green and Minnie (Gerber) Green. On June 29, 1926, he married Mabel Victoria Kingston. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Dwight & Mabel's children were Gloria and Nancy-they attended Springfield High School. Nancy married Dr. James Gilbert and they had two daughters, Susie and Gloria. Gloria married Dr. Warren McPherson and they had two children, Scott and Victoria. Nancy Green Gilbert resides in suburban Virginia. Gloria Green McPherson died in 1985.
Green attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he was a member of the Alpha-Pi Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He attended law school at the University of Chicago, practiced law, and served as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in 1931–35. It would be Green's primary responsibility to help fight the organized crime operations – such as Al Capone's gang – which virtually ruled Chicago and much of the state in the 1930s. The government team prosecuting Al Capone for Tax Evasion consisted of U.S. Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, and his prosecutors Dwight H. Green, Samuel Clawson, Jacob Grossman and William Froelich. In 1939, he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago.
In 1940, a backlash against the New Deal and the U.S. Democratic Party had begun to affect Illinois and many other states, especially in the Midwest. The Republican Green, with his record as a prosecutor and established opposition to the big-city Chicago political machine, was elected governor of Illinois. He was inaugurated on January 13, 1941.
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