Adolph Marks | |
Birth Date: | 1867 |
Office1: | Member of the Illinois Senate (1st District) |
Termstart1: | 1920 |
Termend1: | 1930 |
Predecessor1: | Francis P. Brady |
Successor1: | Daniel Serritella |
Party: | Republican |
Adolph Marks (born 1867) was a lawyer and state senator in Illinois. He was elected to fill a seat left vacant in the Illinois Senate and re-elected in 1922. He was a Republican.[1] He represented the First Senatorial District.[2] His re-election was close, punctuated by a recount that showed Marks had won the seat by 63 votes.[3] While in office Marks and Samuel Ettelson tried to pressure Al Capone not to go through with a plan to take over policy rackets in Chicago's Ward 2.[4]
In 1930, Marks lost the Republican nomination for State Senate to Daniel Serritella, City Superintendent of Streets and henchman of Al Capone.[5]
He was born in Chicago. He succeeded Francis P. Brady.[6] [7]