Samuel H. Shapiro
| Samuel Harvey Shapiro | |
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| 34th Governor of Illinois | |
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In office May 21, 1968 – January 13, 1969 |
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| Lieutenant | Vacant |
| Preceded by | Otto Kerner, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Richard B. Ogilvie |
| 38th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | |
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In office January 9, 1961 – May 21, 1968 |
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| Governor | Otto Kerner, Jr. |
| Preceded by | John William Chapman |
| Succeeded by | Paul M. Simon (1969) |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
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In office 1947-1961 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | April 25, 1907 Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 16, 1987 (aged 79) Kankakee, Illinois, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Judaism |
Samuel Harvey Shapiro (born Israel Shapiro) (April 25, 1907 – March 16, 1987) was the 34th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1968 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in 1907 in the Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States at an early age. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. As a lawyer, Shapiro practiced in Kankakee, Illinois. Turning to public service, he was elected state's attorney (county prosecutor) of Kankakee County in 1936. From 1947-61 he served in the Illinois State House of Representatives, where he took a special interest in mental health issues.
Shapiro was elected the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1960 and again in 1964, and took office as governor when the previous governor Otto Kerner, Jr. resigned to accept appointment to the federal appellate court. Shapiro thus became the second Jewish governor of Illinois (Henry Horner being the first). Illinois thereby became the first state to have had two Jewish governors; New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have each since elected at least a second governor of the faith.
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