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- John Dill Robertson (March 8, 1871 – August 20, 1931) was a medical professional and politician. He served as Chicago city health commissioner, president of the Chicago Board of Education, and president of the Chicago West Parks Board. In 1927, Robertson ran a third-party campaign for Chicago mayor. As a politician, Thompson was affiliated with the Republican Party. He was an ally of Republican boss Frederick Lundin, and prior to his 1927 mayoral campaign against him, had also long been an ally of William Hale Thompson. During Robertson's tenure as Chicago city health commissioner, the city was impacted by the pandemic of the 1918 Spanish flu. When the flu began to impact the Chicago area, Thompson downplayed the threat of pandemic. Thompson did put in place a number of public health measures, but kept schools open and allowed a parade promoting Liberty bonds to still be held even after the pandemic began to seriously impact the city. Chicago was prolonged from an extended outbreak by the arrival of 100,000 vaccines within a month of the city's major outbreak. Thompson has also been accused of scapegoated the African-Americans that had arrived in the city as part of the Great Migration as contributing to the outbreak. After the pandemic receded in the city, Robertson successfully worked to promote legislation to make it easier to become a registered nurse in Illinois, having felt that this was needed after a shortage of registered nurses during the outbreak. Also during his tenure as health commissioner, a 1921 decision by the Supreme Court of Illinois greatly weakened the authority of the office. (en)
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- President of the Chicago Board of Education
- Chicago City Health Commissioner
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- President of theChicagoWest Parks Board
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- George B. Young (en)
- Edwin S. Davis (en)
- John C. Kruse (en)
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- John Dill Robertson signature.jpg (en)
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- John Dill Robertson (March 8, 1871 – August 20, 1931) was a medical professional and politician. He served as Chicago city health commissioner, president of the Chicago Board of Education, and president of the Chicago West Parks Board. In 1927, Robertson ran a third-party campaign for Chicago mayor. As a politician, Thompson was affiliated with the Republican Party. He was an ally of Republican boss Frederick Lundin, and prior to his 1927 mayoral campaign against him, had also long been an ally of William Hale Thompson. (en)
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