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Rod Blagojevich
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40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009
OverviewAI-generated
Rod Blagojevich is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, state’s attorney, and Governor of Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1956, he is a member of the Democratic Party and a citizen of the United States. He received his education at Northwestern University and Pepperdine University. Blagojevich worked in Washington, D.C., and his field of work included gun control. He is affiliated with the Serbian Orthodox Church and speaks English.
Blagojevich is the author of the work *The governor*. A significant event in his career involved a pardon. He has been referenced by 450 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The governor
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945-01-10
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23
- Total plays
- 60
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rod+Blagojevich">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <scp>genalex</scp> 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research
· 2005 · cited 12,198x
- GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research—an update
· 2012 · cited 9,904x
- A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
· 2010 · cited 6,592x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
- A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems
· 2008 · cited 5,460x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Unless I get something real good for [Senate Candidate 1], shit, I'll just fuck myself, you know what I'm saying.”
- “I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I’m saying. And if I don’t get what I want and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat myself.”
- “A fucking valuable thing; you just don't give it away for nothing.”
- “I've got this thing and it's fucking golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for fuckin' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there.”
- “By the way, I should say, if anyone wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who wants to tape me openly.”
- “I'll do anything, legal and ethical and honest.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Pat Quinn
- Preceded by
- George Ryan
- Succeeded by
- Pat Quinn
- Born
- ( 1956-12-10 ) December 10, 1956 (age 69) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Patti Mell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
- Education
- University of Tampa (attended) Northwestern University ( BA ) Pepperdine University ( JD )
- Criminal status
- Was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood Sentence commuted February 18, 2020, by President Donald Trump
- Convictions
- Wire fraud (10 counts) Bribery (3 counts) Extortion (4 counts) Making false statements
- Criminal penalty
- Served nearly 8 years of a 14 year sentence; commuted 2020, pardoned 2025
via Wikipedia infobox
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Rod R. Blagojevich (/bləˈɡɔɪ.əvɪtʃ/ blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. He served as an Illinois state representative from 1993 to 1997, and the U.S. representative from Illinois's 5th district from 1997 to 2003.
Born and raised in Chicago, Blagojevich graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and the Pepperdine University School of Law in 1983. After graduating, he became a criminal prosecutor at the Cook County State's Attorney Office during the late 1980s. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 33rd state house district in the Illinois House of Representatives where he supported mostly law and order policies. Forgoing a third two-year term in the state legislature, he represented Illinois's 5th congressional district for six years, winning re-election twice. He was elected governor in 2002, becoming the first Democrat to win the office since 1972. There was increased public education funding, infrastructure development, and criminal justice reforms during his first term. Blagojevich was reelected to a second term in 2006, leading to the passage of a variety of healthcare, gun control, and anti-discrimination bills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rod Blagojevich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.