Adolph Marks (politician) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blue Book of the State of Illinois . 1925 .
  2. Web site: The Broad Ax 23 May 1925 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. idnc.library.illinois.edu.
  3. News: Adolph Marks officially declared State Senator from First District after recount . 4 November 2024 . . 16 February 1923 . 4.
  4. Book: Lombardo . Robert M. . Organized crime in Chicago: beyond the Mafia . 2012 . University of Illinois Press . Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield . 978-0-252-07878-1 . 120 . 4 November 2024.
  5. Book: Pasley . Fred D. . Al Capone: The Biography of a Self-Made Man . 1930 . Garden City Publishing Company . Garden City, New York . 351-352 . 4 November 2024.
  6. Web site: Blue Book of the State of Illinois . 1921 .
  7. News: 1926-03-29 . The Chicago Tribune. Death of Francis Brady . 2024-11-05 . . en-US.