Gov. George Ryan also served as Illinois Secretary of State and Speaker of the House. Ryan served five-and-a-half years in federal prison on corruption charges. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Then-Illinois Secretary of State George Ryan in Oct. 1998. (Heather Stone/Chicago Tribune) CHICAGO — George Homer Ryan ...

Eventually, he served as speaker of the Illinois House, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and, finally, governor. Gov. George Ryan speaks to the media following his address to an education ...

“So I think that really shows the character of George Ryan.” Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who lost his 1994 bid for secretary of state to Ryan, said the two were political adversarie ...

George Ryan as a gruff, old-school politician who made surprising pivots, was courageous, compassionate, and had serious flaws. The Republican from Kankakee, who also served as secretary of state ...

George Ryan ... lieutenant governor, secretary of state and, finally, governor. A glad-handing politician from the old school, Ryan emphasized pragmatism over ideology. He worked with officials ...

SPRINGFIELD — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who helped shepherd through the end of the death penalty in Illinois but whose legacy was sullied by a scandal that landed the Kankakee native in ...