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Bookmark or Share- Jim Thompson (Illinois politician) - WikipediaJames Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years.
- James R. Thompson obituary: former IL governor dies at 84 ...James R. Thompson, former governor of Illinois who served from 1977 to 1991, died Friday at a hospital in Chicago at the age of 84.
- James R. Thompson, Longest-Serving Governor of Illinois, Dies ...James R. Thompson, a moderate Republican known as Big Jim, who used his enthusiasm for campaigning and his canny understanding of state politics to become the longest-serving governor of...
- James R. Thompson - NASADr. James R. Thompson became Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center on Sept 29, 1986, after having served three years as deputy director for technical operations at Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J.
- Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, ‘Big Jim,’ dies at 84CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, known as “Big Jim” during a long career that eventually made him the state’s longest-serving chief executive, has died. He was 84.
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