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Biography

Name: Everett Mckinley Dirksen
Birth Date: January 4, 1896
Death Date: September 7, 1969
Place of Birth: Pekin, Illinois, United States
Place of Death: Washington, DC, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: congressman, federal senator

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Biography of Everett Mckinley Dirksen
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) served as a Republican congressman and senator from Illinois for over three decades. Everett McKinley Dirksen was born in Pekin, Illinois, on January 4, 1896, the son of Johann and Antje Dirksen who had immigrated...


Quotations
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Everett Dirksen Quotes
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Everett Dirksen (1896-1969), Illinois Republican Senator, civil rights proponent. Sourced Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. Quoting Victor Hugo when speaking about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [1] I am a man of fixed and...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Everett Dirksen Information
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. As Republican Senate leader he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s, including helping to write...


News and Journals
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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Everett Dirksen's constitutional crusades
04/01/2002: 7,065 words, approx. 24 pages
Everett McKinley Dirksen cultivated a colorful, slightly eccentric image during his career as a U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1951 until 1969. He favored rumpled suits and an unruly crown of tousled hair that delighted cartoonists. A frustrated thespian, he enjoyed delivering long-winded, hyperbolic,...
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Crain's Chicago Business
Dirksen awaits $150-mil. facelift; Upgrades proposed for 44-year-old building.(News)(Everett McKinley Dirksen )
02/18/2008: 337 words, approx. 1 pages
Byline: PAUL MERRION Another major renovation is slated for the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in downtown Chicago, subject to approval by Congress. President George W. Bush is seeking $152.8 million for repairs and alterations of the Dirksen Building next year....
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The New York Observer
Republican Ship Betrays Newt\'d5s Contract
6/4/2006: 1,009 words, approx. 3 pages
Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office. For when the F.B.I. raided it, they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, cool as could be. Some of us keep our serious money in checking accounts, though this involves tedious...
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The New York Observer
Republican Ship Betrays Newt's Contract
6/4/2006: 1,009 words, approx. 3 pages
Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office. For when the F.B.I. raided it, they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, cool as could be. Some of us keep our serious money in checking accounts, though this involves...
 


 

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