
Richard Buell Ogilvie (22 February 1923-10 May 1988) was the Republican Governor of Illinois from 13 January 1969 to 8 January 1973, succeeding Samuel H. Shapiro and preceding Dan Walker.
Biography[]
Richard Buell Ogilvie was born in Port Chester, New York in 1923, and he served as a US Army tank commander during World War II before becoming a lawyer in Chicago. He served as an assistant US attorney from 1954 to 1955, as a special assistant to the Attorney General from 1958 to 1961 while battling the Chicago Outfit, as sheriff of Cook County from 1962 to 1966, as President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1966 to 1969 (fighting vice, including 1,800 police raids and the arrest of 109 gay people at the Fun Lounge in 1964), and as Governor from 1969 to 1973. Ogilvie increased state spending and secured the state's first income tax, leading to his re-election. He was considered by President Richard Nixon for the role of FBI director, and he served as a trustee for the Milwaukee Road railroad before dying in 1988.