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	Everett Dirksen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois.
		Dirksen was born in Pekin, Illinois—about 120 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois—where he grew up on a small farm.
		Dirksen's daughter, Joy, was the first wife of Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Everett_Dirksen (794 words)

	Everett Dirksen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican (additional info and facts about U.S. Congressman) U.S. Congressman and (A member of a senate) Senator from (A Midwest state in north-central United States) Illinois.
		Dirksen was born in (additional info and facts about Pekin, Illinois) Pekin, Illinois—about 120 miles southwest of (additional info and facts about Chicago, Illinois) Chicago, Illinois—where he grew up on a small farm.
		Dirksen was also legendary for his fondness for the (Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers) marigold.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ev/everett_dirksen.htm (791 words)

	AllRefer.com - Everett McKinley Dirksen (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Everett McKinley Dirksen[dUrk´sun] Pronunciation Key, 1896–1969, American politician, b.
		As a Republican member of the House, Dirksen was critical of New Deal monetary and fiscal policies but supported President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's foreign policy.
		With House minority leader Charles A. Halleck, Dirksen began (1961) to hold weekly televised news conferences to voice Republican opposition to President Kennedy's administration; these came to be known as the Ev and Charlie Shows.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Dirksen.html (285 words)

	About Dirksen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dirksen is in the Timbercrest neighborhood, although the attendance area extends north of Schaumburg Road and includes the Dunbar Lakes neighborhood.
		Everett Dirksen School is named in memory of the distinguished United States Senator from Illinois, Everett McKinley Dirksen.
		Senator Dirksen was described as "a skilled legislator and a powerful speaker" and was considered one of the most influential senators of the 1960’s.
	web54.sd54.k12.il.us /schools/dirksen/aboutdirksen.htm (746 words)

	The Dirksen Center - Promoting a Better Understanding of Congress and Its Leaders
		Although Dirksen rarely prepared the text of a speech, preferring to rely on notes, he would jot down a few words to remind him of a particular turn of phrase.
		You'll be deeply in the red." [Cited in Byron Hulsey's "Everett Dirksen and the Modern Presidents," Ph.D. dissertation (May 1998, University of Texas, p.
		Dirksen also held center stage before the video age, meaning that many remarks, particularly those in campaigns, escaped capture.
	www.dirksencenter.org /print_emd_billionhere.htm (815 words)

	Everett Dirksen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 - September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois.
		Dirksen was born in Pekin, Illinois - about 120 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois - where he grew up on a small farm.
		On March 22, 1966, Dirksen also introduced a Constitutional amendment that would permit public school administrators to provide for organized prayer by students.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ev/everett_dirksen.html (510 words)

	Dirksen, Everett McKinley on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Congressional Quarterly Senior Writer John Cochran Wins Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting On Congress; Award is a Record Seventh for a CQ Staff Reporter.
		Dirksen Awards for Congressional Coverage Deadline: Friday, September 29, 2000 Call for Entries.
		Dirksen Awards for Congressional Coverage Extended Deadline: October 26, 2001 Call for Entries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Dirksen.asp (425 words)

	Portfolio: Reference Sources on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As Dirksen began to consider ending the Senate debate on the civil rights bill, he composed the language he would use to persuade his colleagues to vote with him.
		This speech, delivered by Dirksen on the floor of the Senate, was widely credited with ending the stalemate in the Senate and permitting a vote on what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
		Dirksen typed it himself, on a large-font typewriter, and marked a few passage by hand.
	www.fountcom.com /folio/civil.html (670 words)

	8/2/2004 - Remembering When Political Luminaries Came To Chattanooga - Memories - Chattanoogan.com
		During October, 1964, Chattanooga was a stop on the itineraries of President Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Richard M. Nixon, and Everett M. Dirksen.
		Dirksen was first elected to Congress in 1932, and became legendary for his flowery speech and rumpled appearance.
		Everett Dirksen was also the father-in-law of Howard Baker, Jr., and asked the audience to support Baker in the U.S. Senate race against Ross Bass.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_53629.asp (1074 words)

	DIRKSEN, Everett McKinley (1896-1969) Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dirksen, Everett M. The Education of a Senator.
		Schapsmeier, Edward L. “Dirksen and Douglas of Illinois: The Pragmatist and the Professor as Contemporaries in the United States Senate.” Illinois Historical Journal 83 (Summer 1990): 75-84.
		Torcom, Jean E. “Leadership: The Role and Style of Senator Everett Dirksen.” In To Be a Congressman: The Promise and the Power, edited by Sven Groennings and Jonathan P. Hawley, pp.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=D000360 (356 words)

	Encyclopedia: Everett Dirksen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its alliesâ€”notably the United States military in support of...
		The Red Skelton Show was a staple of American television for almost two decades, from the early 1950s through the early 1970s.
		This Washington, DC congressional office building is named for former Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Everett-Dirksen (2029 words)

	Medals a long time coming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		LaHood's presence at the Pekin-based political research center accompanies that of the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, former U.S. Minority Leader Bob Michel (for whom LaHood worked as chief of staff) and former U.S. Rep. Harold Velde.
		Among the guests at Friday's event were Thomas R. Dirksen Jr., nephew of Everett Dirksen; Darek Baker, grandson of Everett Dirksen; and Michel.
		The Dirksen Center now inhabits a stand-alone building at 2815 Broadway St. after being housed in an 11,000-square-foot space at the Pekin Library since 1975.
	www.house.gov /lahood/PJS20030927.htm (439 words)

	U.S. Senate Minority Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Byrd and Dole are the only majority leaders to have seen their party lose control of the Senate and help lead the way to regain control later, all the while maintaining the Senate floor leadership of their parties.
		Everett M. Dirksen, R-Ill., is the only senator to be elected as Minority Leader six consecutive times.
		Dirksen was first elected to lead the Republican minority in 1959, while Lyndon Johnson of Texas led the majority Democrats and while Dwight Eisenhower was president.
	www.emailyoursenator.com /minority-leaders.html (734 words)

	800. Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
		EVERETT M. by John Kriegsman, confidant of Dirksen’s and one-time Republican official in Illinois.
		Kriegsman reportedly heard this and similar statements as off-the-cuff remarks during campaigns and meetings in Illinois.
		This remark does not appear in any formal address or in Dirksen’s papers.
	www.bartleby.com /73/800.html (117 words)

	JS Online: Close 1960 race saw another Daley in fray
		Before Florida 2000, there was Illinois 1960 and Republican complaints that Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and his Machine had stolen the election for Democrat John F. Kennedy.
		Republican Richard M. Nixon lost the popular vote nationwide by 112,803 votes.
		Nixon said Illinois Sen. Everett M. Dirksen urged him not to concede the election, saying that if he surrendered, ballots and other election records would be quickly destroyed or lost, making a recount impossible.
	www.jsonline.com /election2000/nov00/chicago11111000.asp?format=print (563 words)

	The Dirksen Congressional Center
		The Center is a non-partisan, non-profit educational organization named for the late U.S. Senator from Illinois and Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969).
		The Dirksen Congressional Center site provides information about the range of services and programs offered by The Center and includes online historical materials drawn from The Center's archival collections.
		Subscribe to Communicator to keep current with changes to the other Dirksen Center sites, to learn about classroom uses of the information posted on them, and to hear about Dirksen Center news.
	www.dirksencongressionalcenter.org (513 words)

	In His Opinion
		Judge Richard A. Posner knew all that, of course, when he began last October to write about the sex scandal engulfing the Clinton Presidency.
		Yet he found the unfolding saga ''irresistible,'' he said in an interview in his chambers in the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago.
		Although when he began writing Posner had no idea how the story would end, the events engaged his scholarly interest in the intersection of law, politics and morality -- one of his 30 books is ''Sex and Reason'' (1992) -- as well as his judicial interest in prosecution tactics and the law of perjury.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/books/990926.26greent.html (1156 words)

	James R. Edwards Jr. on Strom Thurmond on National Review Online
		He arrived in the U.S. Senate to serve with notables such as Sens.
		Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Prescott Bush of Connecticut, Mike Mansfield of Montana, Richard B. Russell of Georgia, Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, and Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois.
		But freshman Sen. Thurmond arrived with a heck of a resume.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-edwards120502.asp (897 words)

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		Correspondents include Clifford Davis; Everett M. Dirksen; Allen J. Ellender; J. Fulbright; Thomas H.
		Statement: Hollis, M. D., re: S. 497 (February 15, 1957).
		Correspondents include Gordon Allott; Everett M. Dirksen; Allen J. Ellender; Raymond Gary; Barry Goldwater; Carl Hayden; Lyndon B. Johnson; Otto Krueger; William Langer; Frank J. Lausche; Russell B. Long; Thurston B.
	www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/KerrInventory/KerCon09.htm (1011 words)

	Gerald R. Ford's Years in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1964-1967
		Gerald R. Ford watches as his daughter Susan lies on the floor and reads from "Ten Apples Up On Top" in the living room of the Ford residence at 514 Crown View Drive, Alexandria, VA. 1964.
		As House Republicans show their approval, Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen raises the hand of Gerald R. Ford, newly elected House Minority Leader.
		Representative Gerald R. Ford, Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Ray Bliss and Thruston Morton watch election returns on several televisions in an unidentified office.
	www.ford.utexas.edu /avproj/hseries/1964.htm (236 words)

	Wolf, Tesar & Company, P.C. - Certified Public Accountants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		From Greater Peoria Airport -- Peoria, IL Everett M. Dirksen Pkwy.
		Bartonville, IL 61607-1220 US Start out going Northeast on Dirksen Pkwy toward W. Middle Rd/Everett M. Dirksen Pkwy.(0.44 miles)
		Turn Slight right onto W. Middle Rd/Everett M. Dirksen Pkwy/CR-D49.
	www.wolftesar.com /contactus.htm (323 words)

	CongressLink - A Resource for Teachers Providing Information About the U.S. Congress
		The obituary, "Dirksen Dead in Capital at 73," by E.W. Kenworthy, appeared on September 8, 1969, in The New York Times.
		It is followed by the eulogy delivered by President Richard M. Nixon in the Rotunda of the Capitol on September 8, 1969.
		Eulogy delivered by President Richard M. Nixon, September 8, 1969
	www.congresslink.org /print_lp_eulogy_documents.htm (65 words)

	Pekin
		Dirksen students learned all about the city of Pekin.
		The children learned about the Marigold Festival, the Park District, Pekin Community High School, the Sundial, Pekin Library, Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Astronaut Scott Altman, and the history of Pekin.
		Research was done using the Internet, CD-ROM's, pamphlets and books.
	www.pekin.net /pekin108/dirksen/pekin (60 words)

	Creative Quotations from Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969)
		The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
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	Everett Dirksen Quotes
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		When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.
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