Back in January, I wrote several posts about the Henry Horner Road north of Springfield, Illinois, one of the nation's first road beautification efforts made back in the 1930s. Henry Horner was governor of Illinois from 1933-1940, right in the teeth of the Great Depression. And, it appears that he was not a typical Illinois governor.
From Wikipedia.
HENRY HORNER (Nov. 30, 1878-October 6, 1940)
Was the 28th governor of Illinois and died in office. He was the first Jewish governor of the state.
He was born Henry Levy, but assumed his mother's surname after his parents divorced. Attended the University of Chicago and got his ,law degree from the IIT Kent College of Law. Served as a lawyer and probate judge from 1915-1931.
Becoming governor during the Great Depression, he had to ask the General Assembly for new tax revenue and the first sales tax of 2% was passed, later raised to 3%.
--RoadDog
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