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Altgeld, John Peter 1847-1902.
US political and social reformer. Born in
Prussia, he was taken in infancy to the USA.
During the Civil War he served in the Union
army. He was a judge of the Supreme Court in
Chicago 1886-91, and as governor of Illinois
1893-97 was a champion of the worker against
the government-backed power of big business.