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John Peter Altgeld Monument (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois
 statue, memorial, monument

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Coordinates:   41°55'55"N   87°38'15"W

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  • J.P Altgeld Esq. (guest)
    John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 - March 12, 1902) was the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democratic governor of that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive Era movement, Altgeld improved workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted of the Haymarket Riot, and, for a time, resisted calls to break up the Pullman strike with force.
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