Edward Hanrahan

Edward Hanrahan
Cook County State's Attorney
In office
1968–1972
Preceded byJohn J. Stamos
Succeeded byBernard Carey
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
1964–1968
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byFrank E. McDonald
Succeeded byTom Foran
Personal details
Born
Edward Vincent Hanrahan

March 11, 1921
Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.
DiedJune 9, 2009 (aged 88)
River Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame (BS)
Harvard University (LLB)
Military service
Branch/service United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Edward Vincent Hanrahan (March 11, 1921 – June 9, 2009) was an American attorney and politician who served as Cook County State's Attorney from 1968 to 1972. Hanrahan had been a prospective successor to Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley. His career was effectively ended after Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton and member Mark Clark were assassinated in a raid by police coordinated by his office in 1969.[1]

  1. ^ Morris, Rose (2019). Chronicle of the Seventh Son Black Panther Mark Clark. United States: Rose Morris. pp. 183–191. ISBN 978-1733581714.