He came within nearly 5,000 votes of being governor of Illinois. But four years later, he bolted the Democratic ticket to run as a third-party candidate after voters saddled him with a couple of fringe candidate as running mates. For the better part of a century his name was a household word in U.S. politics — a member of a political dynasty with Lake County roots that included both those who served in the White House and those who sought to but fell short.
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