13 Facts About Henry Horner

Henry Horner was noted as the first Jewish governor of Illinois.

Henry Horner assumed the Horner surname after his parents divorced in 1883.

Henry Horner attended IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and received his LLB in 1898.

Henry Horner was a lawyer and served as a probate judge from 1915 to 1931.

Henry Horner's administration was marked by integrity and a strong commitment to both conservative fiscal management and the needs of the indigent and those in state institutions.

Henry Horner went on to win re-election in November 1936 and was now determined to defeat the Kelly-Nash machine.

Henry Horner supported the election of Scott W Lucas to the Senate in 1938 to succeed retiring incumbent William H Dieterich, who had proven to be anti-Semitic and somewhat pro-German.

Henry Horner's health wavered over the next year until a collapse in the summer of 1940.

Henry Horner convalesced in Winnetka and Highland Park, Illinois from June 1940 until his death, in early October.

Henry Horner was a member of Temple B'rith Sholom in Springfield, Illinois.

Henry Horner is interred at Zion Gardens Cemetery in the Mt.

The Henry Horner Collection is stored and partly displayed in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Henry Horner Park, located in Chicago, is a 55-acre facility bordered by Montrose Avenue to the north, Irving Park Road to the south, California Avenue to the west, and the north branch of the Chicago River to the east.