In their 1993 out of print biography of former Governor “Dan Walker, the Glory and the Tragedy,” Taylor Pensoneau and Bob Ellis, not only write of the role of Pat Quinn in the 1972 campaign and the early years of … Continue reading
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Why did Pat Quinn leave state government? Pages 356 and 357 of Taylor Pensoneau’s and Bob Ellis’ biography of Dan Walker gives this insight. Quinn enjoyed the excitement of the campaign, but couldn’t adjust to the daily tedium of state … Continue reading
The title of former Governor Dan Walker’s biography is “Dan Walker, the Glory and the Tragedy.” Written by Taylor Pensoneau and Bob Ellis, it reports on page 355 what Pat Quinn thought of Walker’s term as governor. Playing off Blackburn … Continue reading
You’ve read what others thought of Patrick Quinn’s role in Dan Walker’s 1972 primary and general election gubernatorial campaigns. Today, we look at what Taylor Pensoneau’s and Bob Ellis’ biography of Dan Walker heard from Quinn himself. It’s on page … Continue reading
In Taylor Pensoneau’s and Bob Ellis’ biography of Dan Walker, “Dan Walker, the Glory and the Tragedy” is information on how Governor Pat Quinn apparently got his start in electoral politics. Besides his primary election role, there is a bit … Continue reading
In Taylor Pensoneau’s and Bob Ellis’ biography of Governor Dan Walker, the two write of what Pat Quinn did in college. On page 169 appears a sentence fragment about now Governor Pat Quinn’s college days: “…he holder of an economics … Continue reading
In their biography of former Governor “Dan Walker, the Glory and the Tragedy,” Taylor Pensoneau and Bob Ellis, write of the role of Pat Quinn in the 1972 primary election campaign. Quinn first appears in a couple of sentences about … Continue reading