John Peter Altgeld : American Politician, 20th Governor of Illinois, Leading Figure of the Progressive Movement -------------------------------------------------------------------- December 30, 1847 -- March 12, 1902 Description : ---------------------------------- American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive movement, Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted in the Haymarket Affair, and rejected calls in 1894 to break up the Pullman strike by force. From : Wikipedia.org Works : ---------------------------------- Author of 1 (January 01, 1970) Events : ---------------------------------- John Peter Altgeld's Birth Day : December 30, 1847 John Peter Altgeld's Death Day : March 12, 1902 John Peter Altgeld's Added : March 11, 2020 John Peter Altgeld's Updated : January 17, 2023 Links : ---------------------------------- Wikipedia: John Peter Altgeld -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peter_Altgeld Britannica: John Peter Altgeld -- https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Peter-Altgeld NGA.org: John Peter Altgeld -- https://www.nga.org/governor/john-peter-altgeld/ Projects.Vassar.edu: John Peter Altgeld -- http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/altgeld.html StatueStoriesChicago.com: John Peter Altgeld -- http://www.statuestorieschicago.com/statues/statue-altgeld/ About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/