Dan Walker

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Dan Walker was an American Democratic politician who served as the 36th governor of Illinois in the 1970s and was later convicted in a savings and loan scandal.

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instanceOf American politician
governor
human
conflict Korean War
World War II
convictedOf bank fraud
false statements to regulators
perjury
savings and loan fraud
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Northwestern University School of Law
United States Naval Academy
electedIn 1972 Illinois gubernatorial election
employer Montgomery Ward
familyName Walker
fieldOfWork banking
corporate management
state politics
genre political memoir
givenName Daniel
jurisdiction Illinois
knownFor opposition to Chicago Democratic machine politics
walking tour of Illinois during 1972 gubernatorial campaign
memberOf Democratic Party
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Navy
movement good-government reform movement in Illinois
notableEvent conviction in savings and loan scandal
defeated in 1976 Democratic primary for governor
imprisonment in federal prison
notableWork The Maverick and the Machine
occupation author
business executive
lawyer
officeEndTime 1977
officeStartTime 1973
ordinalInOffice 36th Governor of Illinois
politicalAlignment reformist Democrat
positionHeld Chief Executive Officer of Montgomery Ward
Governor of Illinois
predecessor Richard B. Ogilvie
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence California, United States
surface form: California

Illinois
successor James R. Thompson

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James R. Thompson precededBy Dan Walker