Thomas R. Donovan, Architect of the Original Chicago Machine and Former Chicago Board of Trade President, Remembered

Thomas R. Donovan, patronage chief under Richard J. Daley and former CBOT president, dies at 88

In the 1970s, Thomas R. Donovan proudly served as Mayor Richard J. Daley's patronage chief — doling out jobs that were the lifeblood of the city's Democratic machine.It was an era that gave Chicago politics the well-worn expression, “We don’t want nobody nobody sent.”Patronage wasn't a dirty word yet. It was just how things worked.The federal court-ordered Shakman decrees, which made the long-held practice illegal, were still a few years away."D…

Thomas R. Donovan, Architect of the Original Chicago Machine and Former Chicago Board of Trade President, Remembered

Thomas R. Donovan, Architect of the Original Chicago Machine and Former Chicago Board of Trade President, Remembered - Illinois Review - The Illinois Review Is The Premier Conservative News Source In Illinois. The Illinois Review has been the go to source for all Illinois Republicans who want to know what is happening, on the conservative scene for over a decade. Tom McCullagh Publisher, Mark Vargas Editor