itself. He spent ten days touring the island and meeting with politicians including members of the First Dáil on May 9, 1919. Dunne returned once again to practicing law after leaving office in 1917. His legal practice was damaged by the ravages of the Great Depression, but he supplemented this work with a position as counsel to the Cook County Board of Election Commissioners. After the death of his wife on May 25, 1928, Dunne began contemplating his memoirs. He was convinced by the Lewis Publishing Co. to write a history of Illinois. Over a five-year period he worked on this project with close help from William L. Sullivan, who had been his private secretary when he was governor. In 1933, he published a five (5) volume set titled: Illinois, the Heart of the Nation. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Dunne to be a United States Commissioner for the Century of Progress World's Fair of Chicago of 1933-34. At the time he was 80 years old. He took great joy in this position and joked that he had served as mayor, governor and as a federal commissioner (and, thus, had served at all levels of government). Death In his later years, Edward F. Dunne lived with his oldest daughter, Eileen and her family. He died in Chicago on May 24, 1937, aged 83. He was surrounded by three of is nine children when he died. He is buried alongside his wife Elizabeth at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston. Edward’s great great grandson is technologist and venture capitalist James McKenna IV, founder of Adrenaline Trading and Cloud Boss See also Chicago Traction Wars References Further reading Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Collection, 1873-1937, Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Morton, Richard Allen. Justice and Humanity: Edward F. Dunne, Illinois Progressive. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. Sullivan, William Larkin. Dunne: Judge, Mayor, Governor. Chicago: Windermere Press, 1916 External links Public Transportation and the Failure of Municipal Socialism in Chicago, 1905-1907 Chicago and Municipal Ownership, by Edward F. Dunne, National Magazine, June 1905 1853 births 1937 deaths Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni Democratic Party governors of Illinois Mayors of Chicago Politicians from Peoria, Illinois American people of Irish descent People from Watertown, Connecticut Catholics from Connecticut Catholics from Illinois American activists for Irish independence Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)