Michael L. Igoe

{{Short description|American judge and politician (1885-1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Michael L. Igoe | image = Michael L. Igoe (Illinois Congressman).jpg | alt = | caption = Portrait of Igoe, circa 1936 | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | term_start = August 31, 1965 | term_end = August 21, 1967 | office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | term_start1 = November 21, 1938 | term_end1 = August 31, 1965 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt | predecessor1 = ''Seat established by 52 Stat. 584'' | successor1 = William Joseph Lynch | office2 = United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois | term_start2 = 1935 | term_end2 = 1938 | appointer2 = Franklin D. Roosevelt | state3 = Illinois | district3 = at-large | term_start3 = January 3, 1935 | term_end3 = June 2, 1935 | predecessor3 = Walter Nesbit | successor3 = Lewis M. Long | office4 = Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | term_start4 = 1913 | term_end4 = 1930 | pronunciation = | birth_name = Michael Lambert Igoe | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|04|16}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|08|21|1885|04|16}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, US | death_cause = | resting_place = All Saints Cemetery<br>Des Plaines, Illinois | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Democratic | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = Georgetown Law (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Michael Lambert Igoe''' (April 16, 1885 – August 21, 1967) was a 20th-century American politician who served as a United States representative from Illinois, an Illinois state representative, a United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and a United States district judge of the Northern District of Illinois.

==Education and career==

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Igoe was educated in the parochial schools and De La Salle Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., in 1908.

===Legal career=== He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago from 1908 to 1939. He was Chief Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois from 1915 to 1917. He was a member of the board of South Park Commissioners from 1924 to 1932.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1142|nid=1382641|name=Michael Lambert Igoe}}</ref>

==Political career== Igoe was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1913 to 1930. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928 and a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1930 to 1932.

Igoe sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois in 1932, but was defeated by Henry Horner.

In 1920 he ran for Cook County state's attorney, winning the Democratic primary against incumbent Maclay Hoyne, but losing the general election to Republican nominee Robert E. Crowe.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3B3ZAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |access-date=March 13, 2020 |page=791 |language=en |date=1920}}</ref>

===Political rivalry with Anton Cermak=== Following George E. Brennan's death in 1928, Democrats started to fight for party leadership.<ref name=":0">Gottfried, Alex. ''A. J. Cermak, Chicago Politician: A Study In Political Leadership'', The University of Chicago, United States -- Illinois, 1952</ref> Members of the Democratic Party found four factions of power from Brennan's leadership.<ref name=":0" /> Igoe joined forces with Edward J. Kelly, to lead the South Park Board faction.<ref name=":0" /> However, once Anton Cermak's influence and power over the Democratic Party was clear, the South Park Board teamed up with the board of the Cook County's Sanitary District.<ref name=":0" />

Cermak tried to appease Igoe once he consolidated power and had Igoe re-elected to the South Park Board in 1929.<ref name=":0" />

The State attorney launched an investigation into the sanitary district and found that the board participated in mismanagement, payroll padding, illegal favors, and nepotism.<ref name=":0" /> The investigation lead to a grand jury indicting T.J. Crowe, James Whalen, and John J. Touhy, and Edward J. Kelly in 1930.<ref>"Indict E. J. Kelly, 9 Others: 10 Politicians Charged with Canal Frauds Accused of Waste, Padding Pay Roll." ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (1923-1963), May 30, 1930, p. 1.</ref>

Cermak attempted to pacify Igoe following the sanitary district scandal by having him elected as national committeeman for the Democratic Party in 1930.<ref name=":0" />

Igoe tried to win back control of the sanitary district in early December 1930 with the help of Whalen and Touhy but failed.<ref name=":0" /> It was well known within the Democratic Party that Cermak and Igoe have strained relations by then.<ref name=":0" /> On Christmas Eve, Igoe spoke highly of Cermak at a Democratic Party meeting.<ref name=":0" /> Two days later, Cermak endorsed Igoe to be the floor leader of the state house.<ref name=":0" />

Igoe continued to support and defend Cermak's mayoral run in his district the following year.<ref name=":0" /> However, Cermak only won a total of 187 votes from Igoe's district, when the previous Democratic candidate won 3,000 votes in what was considered a disastrous campaign.<ref name=":0" />

In 1931, Igoe decided to run for governor.<ref name=":0" /> Fearing Igoe would amass too much power and politically weaken Cermak, the refused to endorse him.<ref name=":0" /> Cermak feared Igoe would amass too much power.<ref name=":0" />

===Congress=== thumb|Portrait of Igoe, circa 1938 In 1934, Igoe was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives of the 74th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1935, until his resignation effective June 2, 1935, to take the post of United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, serving from 1935 to 1939.<ref name="auto1">{{Biographical Directory of Congress|I000004|Michael Lambert Igoe|inline=1}}</ref>

He ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary of the 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois.

==Federal judicial service== Igoe received a recess appointment from President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 21, 1938, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on January 5, 1939. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received his commission on March 4, 1939. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1965.

==Death== His service terminated on August 21, 1967, due to his death in Chicago.<ref name="auto"/> He was interred in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change| title=1920 Cook County State's Attorney election<ref name=almanac1921>{{cite book |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... |date=1921 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |page=784 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=JQ8fAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA784 |accessdate=March 13, 2020 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate = Robert E. Crowe |party = Republican Party (United States) |votes = 525115 |percentage = 58.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Michael L. Igoe |party = Democratic Party (United States) |votes = 319236 |percentage = 35.53 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = William A. Cunnea |party = Socialist Party of America |votes = 50766 |percentage = 5.65 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = John C. Teevan |party = Farmer–Labor Party |votes = 3,463 |percentage = 0.39 }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 898580 |percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=1932 Illinois at-large congressional district election}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate = Michael L. Igoe |party = Democratic Party (United States) |votes = |percentage = 28.2 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate = Martin A. Brennan |party = Democratic Party (United States) |votes = |percentage = 27.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = C. Wayland Brooks |party = Republican Party (United States) |votes = |percentage = 28.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Milton E. Jones |party = Republican Party (United States) |votes = |percentage = 20.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Walter Nesbit |party = Bull Moose Party |votes = |percentage = 0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Harold O. Hatcher |party = Socialist Party of America |votes = |percentage = 0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Arthur McDowell |party = Socialist Party of America |votes = |percentage = 0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Martin Powroznik |party = Prohibition Party |votes = |percentage = 0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Clay F. Gaumer |party = Prohibition Party |votes = |percentage = 0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = John L. Lindsey |party = Socialist Labor Party of America |votes = |percentage = 0.06 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Frank Schnur |party = Socialist Labor Party of America |votes = |percentage = 0.06 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Karl Lockner |party = independent |votes = |percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate = Laverne Pruett |party = independent |votes = |percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box total no change |votes = |percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * {{Biographical Directory of Congress|I000004|Michael Lambert Igoe|inline=1}} * {{FJC Bio|1142|nid=1382641|name=Michael Lambert Igoe}}

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