Charles S. Deneen

Artist Bruno Beghe (Italian, 1892 - 1972)

Daten.d.

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/4 × 25 1/8 in. (76.8 × 63.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Theodore House, 1959.

Object numberUL1959.4

Charles S. Deneen (Edwardsville, IL 1863-1940 Chicago, IL) graduated from Northwestern School of Law and McKendree University. He was a member of the Union League Club and had served as Governor of Illinois 1905-1913 and later as United States Illinois Senator.

Among his many achievements in life, he was the lead prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert murder trial as well as a supporter of anti-lynching laws.

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