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Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries: Samuel Harvey Shapiro, Governor of Illinois
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries: Samuel Harvey Shapiro, Governor of Illinois

Samuel Harvey Shapiro, Governor of Illinois

Samuel Harvey Shapiro
34th GOVERNOR of Illinois
Democrat

Sam Shapiro became governor upon the resignation of Otto Kerner, who was imprisoned for corruption. Shapiro finished Kerner's four-year term but lost the office to Richard Ogilvie the following year.

Governor Shapiro is in Row 4 of the Knights of Joseph Cemetery (Cemetery #36, near the south end of the central division), close to the Des Plaines Avenue fence.


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