Sullivan, Roger C. (Roger Charles), 1861-1920
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found: Morton, Richard Allen. Roger C. Sullivan and the making of the Chicago Democratic machine, 1881-1908, 2016:ECIP galley (Roger Charles; second child of Eugene and Mary O'Sullivan; born on February 3, 1861, in Belvidere, Illinois)
found: Wikipedia, June 3, 2016(Roger Charles Sullivan; born February 3, 1861; died April 14, 1920; a member of the Cook County Democratic Organization during the early twentieth century; born in Belvidere, Illinois in 1861 as the child of Irish immigrants; he came to Chicago about 1879 to work in the railroad yards on the city's west side; served a single term in elective office, as the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court, to which he was elected in 1890; thereafter, he accumulated influence within the tumultuous Cook County Democratic Party; he supported Grover Cleveland and opposed William Jennings Bryan in 1896; Sullivan dominated the Illinois Democratic Party for two decades and was a national figure during the age when urban Democratic organizations reached the height of their power and prestige)
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