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Author Long, Ray, author

Title The house that Madigan built : the record run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer / Ray Long
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

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Contents Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Long Reign -- Part I: The Legend -- 1 Remap Victory -- 2 White Sox Miracle -- 3 Operation Cobra -- Madigan Loses the Speakership -- Part II: Power Plays and Political Flops -- 4 Historic Impeachment -- 5 Partisan Math -- 6 The Art of Persuasion -- 7 Pension Failure -- Photographs -- Part III: A Career Political Leader -- 8 A Patronage Army -- 9 Madigan and Madigan -- 10 The Politics of Money -- Part IV: Cracks in the System -- 11 Turning Point -- 12 Ups and Downs -- 13 Shams? -- 14 Marty's Campaign -- Part V: The Fall -- 15 Himself -- 16 Public Official A -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Summary "House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was a record setter, a political powerhouse and one of the most prominent architects of Illinois' destiny. The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, Madigan saw his long reign come to an end, ironically 50 years to the day he first took the oath as a state representative in 1971, and 38 years since he first assumed the Illinois House speakership he'd held for all but two years since. In The Illinois House that Madigan Built, veteran Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and one-time Springfield bureau chief Ray Long unpacks the unprecedented political career of Mike Madigan with fascinating vignettes to mark its highs and lows. Madigan determined when taxes went up, what pension plan would pass, when it is time to approve gay marriage or ban the death penalty. He moved up the Illinois primary to help Barack Obama's race for president. He oversaw the first impeachment of an Illinois governor. Madigan ran his 13th Ward in Chicago with old-school discipline. His opponents noted that Madigan didn't just want to beat them; he wanted to crush their souls. Long traces Madigan's political genealogy to the legendary Chicago mayor, Richard J. Daley. and shows how his old-style patronage ways brought the speaker periodic scrutiny, including as part of the ComEd scandal that eventually cost him the speakership. This book is a balanced, authoritative, deep dive into a figure who not only built the House he led but, in a larger sense, built the house Illinoisans live in"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Madigan, Michael J
SUBJECT Madigan, Michael J
Madigan, Michael J. fast
Subject Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives -- Speakers -- Biography
SUBJECT Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives fast
Subject Legislators -- Illinois -- Biography
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Legislators
Orators
Politics and government
SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023242
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
Subject Illinois
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021042921
ISBN 9780252053481
0252053486
Other Titles Record run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer