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Adolph Marks (politician)

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Adolph Marks
Member of the Illinois Senate (1st District)
In office
1920–1930
Preceded byFrancis P. Brady
Succeeded byDaniel Serritella
Personal details
Born1867
Political partyRepublican

Adolph Marks (born 1867) was a lawyer and state senator in Illinois. He was elected to fill a seat left vacant in the Illinois Senate and re-elected in 1922. He was a Republican.[1] He represented the First Senatorial District.[2] His re-election was close, punctuated by a recount that showed Marks had won the seat by 63 votes.[3] While in office Marks and Samuel Ettelson tried to pressure Al Capone not to go through with a plan to take over policy rackets in Chicago's Ward 2.[4]

In 1930, Marks lost the Republican nomination for State Senate to Daniel Serritella, City Superintendent of Streets and henchman of Al Capone.[5]

He was born in Chicago. He succeeded Francis P. Brady.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Blue Book of the State of Illinois". 1925.
  2. ^ "The Broad Ax 23 May 1925 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
  3. ^ "Adolph Marks officially declared State Senator from First District after recount". Chicago Tribune. 16 February 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ Lombardo, Robert M. (2012). Organized crime in Chicago: beyond the Mafia (PDF). Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-252-07878-1. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. ^ Pasley, Fred D. (1930). Al Capone: The Biography of a Self-Made Man (PDF). Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company. pp. 351–352. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Blue Book of the State of Illinois". 1921.
  7. ^ "Death of Francis Brady". The Chicago Tribune. 1926-03-29. Retrieved 2024-11-05 – via Newspapers.com.
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