Neil Hartigan

Neil Hartigan
40th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977
Governor	Daniel Walker
Preceded by	Paul Simon
Succeeded by	Dave O'Neal
Personal details
Born	May 4, 1938 ( 1938-05-04) (age 73) Chicago
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Marge Dunne
Profession	Attorney and Politician

Neil F. Hartigan (born May 4, 1938) is an Illinois Democrat who has served as Illinois Attorney General, the 40th Lieutenant Governor, and a judge of the Illinois Appellate Court. Hartigan also was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1990 but lost the race to Republican Jim Edgar.

Background

Hartigan grew up in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood and graduated from Loyola Academy. He graduated from Georgetown University^[1] in Washington, D.C. with a bachelor's degree in 1959. He received a juris doctor degree from Loyola University College of Law^[2] in 1962.

Upon completion of law school Hartigan worked for 10 years for the city of Chicago. He served in various roles: as the city's legislative counsel in Springfield, as attorney for the Chicago Board of Health and as general counsel for the Chicago Park District.

Lt. Governor of Illinois

In 1972, Hartigan was selected as the running mate to the party's endorsed candidate, then-lieutenant governor Paul Simon. Simon lost the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to Daniel Walker, while Hartigan beat Walker's hand-picked running mate. Walker and Hartigan won the general election, making Hartigan, at age 34, the youngest lieutenant governor in the nation. Following his election Time magazine named him as one of 200 future leaders of the country.

Hartigan won renomination in 1976, but Michael J. Howlett ousted Walker at the top of the ticket. In the general election James R. Thompson and Dave O'Neal soundly defeated the Democratic team of Howlett and Hartigan.

Post service as Lt. Governor of Illinois

For a time, Hartigan left public life for the business world. He returned in 1982, winning election as Illinois attorney general. In 1986, he briefly sought the Democratic nomination for governor but withdrew when Adlai Stevenson III entered the race. Hartigan then ran for reelection as attorney general, and won with the highest number of votes of any statewide office that year. In 1990 Hartigan won the Democratic nomination for Illinois Governor but was defeated in the General Election by Illinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar.

Since then Hartigan has served Chairman of the World Trade Center Illinois and from 2002–2004 as a Judge on the Illinois Appellate Court. Hartigan retired voluntarily from the bench in 2004. He was a member of Hillary Clinton's Illinois Steering Committee and February 5 Rapid Responders.^[3]

External links

• 1973–1974 Illinois Blue Book
• 1975–1976 Illinois Blue Book p36

References

1. ^ John Carroll Award
2. ^ President's Medal Award Winner
3. ^ Official Hillary Clinton Presedential website

Political offices
Preceded by Paul Simon	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1973 – 1977	Succeeded by Dave O'Neal

Persondata
Name	Hartigan, Neil
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Date of birth	May 4, 1938
Place of birth	Chicago
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