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posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Dec 9, 19 @ 8:37 am

I don’t think Stephen Douglas can be fairly singled out as the originator of corruption in Illinois politics. When Illinois territorial politicians wanted admission to the union they had their non-voting representative in the US House sponsor a law reducing the population requirements for statehood. Even with that, they had to pad the actual census numbers to get there.

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