James R. Thompson

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American politician Governor of Illinois human lawyer

James R. Thompson was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Illinois and later sat on the 9/11 Commission.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Governor of Illinois ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
child Samantha Thompson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-05-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-08-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Pritzker School of Law ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

University of Illinois at Chicago ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ
employer Pritzker School of Law ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern University School of Law

Illinois ⓘ
surface form: State of Illinois

United States Department of Justice ⓘ
Winston & Strawn ⓘ
endTime 1991-01-14 ⓘ
ethnicGroup German Americans ⓘ
surface form: German American
familyName Thompson ⓘ
fieldOfWork criminal law ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
memberOf National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ⓘ
surface form: 9/11 Commission

Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Bar
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
middleName Robert ⓘ
notableFor longest-serving governor of Illinois in modern history ⓘ
notableWork Prosecution of former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner Jr. ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prosecutor ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
officeContested Governor of Illinois ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the 9/11 Commission ⓘ
Governor of Illinois ⓘ
Member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ
precededBy Dan Walker ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jayne Carr Thompson ⓘ
startTime 1977-01-10 ⓘ
succeededBy Jim Edgar ⓘ
termEndAsGovernorOfIllinois 1991-01-14 ⓘ
termStartAsGovernorOfIllinois 1977-01-10 ⓘ

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