Henry Horner and Louis Lincoln Emmerson

Henry Horner and Louis Lincoln Emmerson

Illinois--Springfield

Illinois Executive Mansion (Springfield, Ill.)

Horner, Henry, 1878-1940

Emmerson, Louis L. (Louis Lincoln), 1863-1941

Political campaigns

Incoming Governor Elect Henry Horner shakes hands with outgoing Governor Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1929-1933). Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during the Great Depression. Additionally, Horner's extensive collection of Lincolniana became the foundation of the Lincoln Collection at the Illinois State Historical Library (now the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Like Horner, Emmerson also governed the state through the financial difficulties of the Great Depression. On verso: "Hon. Henry Horner, Governor Elect Hon. L. L. Emmerson, Governor of Illinois. Executive Mansion - Springfield. Dec 1932"

Georg, Herbert

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1932-12-XX

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Henry Horner Collection

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