John Riley Tanner (April 4 1844 – May 23 1901) was the 21st Governor of Illinois from 1897 until 1901. He was one of the most remarkable governors of the late nineteenth century.Tanner was the first governor in the country to be openly neutral in labor disputes gaining national notoriety for his actions in a series of coal mine disputes.
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