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James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years.
15 sie 2020 · James R. Thompson, a moderate Republican known as Big Jim, who used his enthusiasm for campaigning and his canny understanding of state politics to become the longest-serving governor of...
15 sie 2020 · Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson has died. He was 84. Thompson's prosecutions of public officials in a state infamous for public corruption helped catapult him to become Illinois' longest-serving chief executive.
17 sie 2020 · James R. Thompson was a Republican former governor of Illinois, who served from 1977 to 1991 and was the longest-serving governor in the state’s history.
15 sie 2020 · CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, known as “Big Jim” during a long career that eventually made him the state’s longest-serving chief executive, has died. He was 84.
11 cze 2024 · Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson, a figure who literally and figuratively towered over state government and politics for more than a decade, died Friday evening from an apparent heart...
15 sie 2020 · James Robert Thompson, who rode his success as a federal prosecutor to the Illinois statehouse and was governor from 1977 to 1991, died Friday night after suffering from heart problems. He...
