LEGAL · IL · 1944-1956
John Gutknecht
District Attorney · Chicago · Republican · Illinois
Background
Illinois's District Attorney · Chicago of Chicago 1944–1956: John Gutknecht — 12-year tenure. Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Benjamin S. Adamowski. Same-year political environment (1944): Governor Dwight H. Green.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
Others who held this office in Illinois
- Jack O'Malley (1990-1996)
- Cecil A. Partee (1989-1990)
- Richard M. Daley (1981-1989)
- Bernard Carey (1972-1980)
- Edward V. Hanrahan (1968-1972)
- John J. Stamos (1966-1968)
- Daniel P. Ward (1960-1966)
- Benjamin S. Adamowski (1956-1960)