George E. Brennan
Biography
Brennan was born in Ireland and he lost his right leg when he was 13. He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois. He tried to uncouple two cars from a moving train and his right foot became wedged in a railroad switch. He was "plump and nimble-witted, a poker player and duck hunter, a successful and honest businessman, a philanthropist who gave away several hundred wooden legs." In 1923 he supported William Emmett Dever as Mayor of Chicago. In 1926, Brennan "bet his bossdom against a seat in the U. S. Senate that Illinois is sick of Prohibition" and lost to Frank L. Smith.[1]
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References
- "Death of Brennan". Time magazine. August 20, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois (succeeding Sullivan), died Aug. 8, 1928.
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| Preceded by Peter A. Waller |
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Illinois (Class 3) 1926 |
Succeeded by Anton Cermak |
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