Gov Jim Edgar Series

Governor Jim Edgar Project
Welcome to the Governor Jim Edgar Oral History series. Here, you can learn about Governor Edgar’s life and political career through an extensive collection of audio and video interviews. Interviews with Governor Edgar head the list, but the project includes thirty others, and the list is growing. Most of the interviews were conducted in 2009 and 2010, and cover every aspect you can imagine of Illinois politics from the late 1960s through 2010. You can also watch Governor Edgar’s campaign advertisements, browse political cartoons, and check out the array of photographs, both public and private, associated with these interviews.

Edgar, Jim
Governor Jim Edgar Series Former Illinois Governor (1991-1999)

Edgar's 1990 Campaign Ads
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Edgar's 1994 Campaign Ads
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Political Cartoons
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Boozell, Mark
Legislative Liaison for Governor Jim Edgar

Bradley, Rich
Long-time News Director for WUIS, Springfield's public radio station

Brown, Kirk
Engineer and IDOT Secretary under governors Jim Edgar and George Ryan

Cellini, Janis
Director of Personnel and Labor Relations for Governor Jim Edgar

Dillard, Kirk
State Senator and former Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Edgar, Brenda
Wife of Governor Jim Edgar and First Lady of Illinois

Edgar, Fred
Older brother of former Governor Jim Edgar

Edgar, Jim and Brenda
Gov. and Mrs. Edgar discuss their life together in the public eye

Fleischli, George
Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Foster, Andy
Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Grosboll, Allen
Served with Jim Edgar in the offices of Secretary of State and Governor

Hartigan, Neil
Former Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and 1990 gubernatorial candidate

Hendren, Carter
Campaign Manager for Jim Edgar

Kanter, Arnold
Governor Jim Edgar's first chief counsel (1990-1992)

Kiningham, Ben
An IL statehouse reporter for several radio stations from the 1970s thru 2000s

Kustra, Bob
Governor Jim Edgar's lieutenant governor (1991-1999)

Lair, Bill
Personal friend of Jim and Brenda Edgar and Managing Editor of the Mattoon Journal-Gazette

Lawrence, Mike
Life-long journalist and Jim Edgar's Press Secretary from 1987 to 1997

Livingston, Tom
Travel aid, scheduler, and then policy advisor for Gov. Jim Edgar

MacDougal, Gary
Head of Gov. Edgar's special task force on welfare reform

Manning, Brent
Former Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (1991-2003)

McCormick, Mike
Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar

McDonald, Jess
Director of the Department of MHDD and Director of DCFS for Governor Edgar

Netsch, Dawn Clark
Democratic Candidate for Governor in 1994

Norwood, Felicia
Executive assistant for Edgar on Human Services issues from 1991 to 1994

Pensoneau, Taylor
Journalist and author reporting on the Illinois Political Scene

Peters, Howard
Director of the Dept of Corrections and Secretary of Human Services

Reilly, Jim
Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Thompson (1983-1989) and Jim Edgar (1994)

Reineke, Gene
Reineke worked for ten years in various capacities in the Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar administrations

Roberts, Bill
Gov. Edgar's chief legal counsel from 1995-1997

Rock, Phil
Illinois State Senator (1970-1993)

Schnorf, Stephen B.
Governor Edgar's director of CMS (1991-1994)

Schoenburg, Bernie
Statehouse reporter shares his impressions of contemporary IL politics

Struck, Sherry
Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar

Sunderman, Tony
A lawyer and lifelong friend of Governor Jim Edgar

Walters, Joan
Jim Edgar's Budget Director, and Chief of Staff during his tenure as Secretary of State

Zehnder, Ken
Eighteen years of service with Sec. of State, then Gov. Jim Edgar