John Peter Altgeld was a German immigrant who became governor of Illinois. He risked his political future pardoning men convicted in the Haymarket Square Riot of 1886. He also ...

John Peter Altgeld was a German immigrant who became governor of Illinois. He risked his political future pardoning men convicted in the Haymarket Square Riot of 1886. He also ...

Altgeld was an American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading ...