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Kerner-Cermak family of Chicago, Illinois

Otto Kerner (1884-1952) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; River Forest,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February22, 1884.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1920;circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-31;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1933-38;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1939.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.DiedDecember13, 1952 (age68 years, 295days).Interment atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) — also known asAnton J. Cermak;"PushcartTony" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Kladno, Bohemia (nowCzechia),May9, 1873.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1910; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1924,1928,1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1928;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.Bohemianancestry.On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board ofanopencar from which president-electFranklinD. Roosevelt had just given a speech, wasshot andbadlywounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who hadaimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound becameinfected,and he died, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March 6,1933 (age59 years, 301days).Entombed atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

	Relatives:Married1894 to MarieHorejs; father of Ludmila 'Lillian' Cermak (who marriedRicheyV. Graham) and Helena Irene Cermak (daughter-in-law ofOttoKerner; who marriedOttoKerner Jr.).
		Political family:Kerner-Cermakfamily of Chicago, Illinois.
		CermakRoad(formerly 22nd Street), fromChicago toOak Brook, Illinois, isnamed forhim. — Antonin CermakElementarySchool, inPrague,Czechia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS A. J. Cermak (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1964) wasnamed forhim.
		Epitaph: "I Am Glad It Was Me, Insteadof You."
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives:Father ofOttoKerner Jr. (son-in-law ofAntonJosef Cermak).
		Political family:Kerner-Cermakfamily of Chicago, Illinois.

Richey V. Graham (1886-1972) — of Cicero,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Galt (now part of Cambridge),Ontario,November22, 1886.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1929-30; member ofIllinoisstate senate 19th District, 1931-38; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1936;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1938.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;American BarAssociation;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Oak Forest,CookCounty, Ill.,July 3,1972 (age85 years, 224days).Interment atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

	Relatives:Married,June 23,1917, to Lidmila 'Lillian' Cermak (daughter ofAntonJosef Cermak; sister-in-law ofOttoKerner Jr.).
		Political family:Kerner-Cermakfamily of Chicago, Illinois.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) — of Glenview,CookCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August15, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; countyjudge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1960,1964;Governorof Illinois, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned1974.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi.While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain ofover $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterizedasbribery.Convictedin 1973 on 17 counts ofbribery,conspiracy,perjury,and related charges;sentencedto three years in federalprisonandfined$50,000.Died ofcancer,May9, 1976 (age67 years, 268days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

	Relatives: Sonof Rose Barbara (Chmelik) Kerner andOttoKerner; married,October29, 1934, to Helena Irene Cermak (daughter ofAntonJosef Cermak; sister-in-law ofRicheyV. Graham).
		Political family:Kerner-Cermakfamily of Chicago, Illinois.
		Cross-reference:MiltonRakove
		See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —NNDBdossier

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