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The highway runs through the major cities of Champaign, Bloomington, Peoria, and Moline. The highway is officially named after Everett McKinley Dirksen , a Republican senator and representative from Pekin from 1933 to his death in 1969.
The Everett McKinley Dirksen Elementary School on 8601 West Foster Avenue in Chicago is a magnet school named in his memory along with other public schools in other Illinois townships.
Everett McKinley Dirksen. U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman. A member of the Republican Party, he served Illinois' 16th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 until 1949. He served as United States Senator from the State of Illinois from 1951 until his death.
Everett Dirksen was the Republican Leader of the U.S. Senate during the debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Without his support, the bill would not have become law.
Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969), represented central Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1933-1949. He later won four elections to the U.S. Senate, beginning in 1950.
Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1933–1949) and U.S. Senate (1951–1969).
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Everett McKinley Dirksen enjoys a well-deserved reputation for his effectiveness in passing civil rights legislation. He led Senate Republicans in the successful effort to enact President Dwight Eisenhower's civil rights program in 1957.