mid 1920s, the Klan’s power had declined and the paper was sold to F.F. McNaughton. Infrastructure The Pekin Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use facility located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) south of Pekin's central business district. Notable people Ubbo J. Albertsen (1845–1926), Illinois state legislator and businessman Robert H. Allison (1893–1959), Illinois state legislator and lawyer Scott Altman (1959–), astronaut Sol Bloom (1870–1949), US Congressman (D-NY), music publisher, and entertainment impresario Mark Staff Brandl (1955–), artist and art historian Erik Brann (1950–2003), guitarist with Iron Butterfly Hank Bruder (1907–1970), player for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers Liz Brunner (1959–), Miss Illinois 1979 (competed as Elizabeth Russell), journalist-newscaster, CEO Brunner Communications Donna Jean Christianson (1931–2015), Minnesota state legislator and farmer Wyllis Cooper (1899–1955), writer for radio Susan Dey (1952–), actress known for The Partridge Family, L.A. Law Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896–1969), congressman and senator, Senate Minority Leader Ethyl Eichelberger (1945–1990), noted figure in experimental theater Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857–1940), clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superindent of schools Egbert B. Groen (1915–2012), Illinois state senator and lawyer Head East, 1970s rock band, most notable song "Never Been Any Reason" William Guatney (1922–1996), criminal and accused serial killer Th. Emil Homerin (1955–2020), scholar of religion and mysticism The Jets, 1970s rock band (not the 1980s pop band) John Johnson (1869–1941), 19th century Major League Baseball player Larry Kenney (1947–), voice actor and radio host Seth Kinman (1815–1888), mountain man and Presidential chair maker Danny Lloyd (1975-), actor, known for The Shining, Doctor Sleep Martin B. Lohmann (1881–1980), Illinois politician and businessman Elaine McCusker, U.S. government official John T. McNaughton (1921–1967), Harvard Law School professor and Vietnam War planner Eric Monti (1917–2009), PGA Tour golfer D. A. Points (1976–), PGA Tour golfer George Saal (1918–1996), Illinois politician and businessman Jerald D. Slack (1936–), U.S. Air National Guard Major General, Adjutant General of Wisconsin Sally Smith (1945–), Alaska state legislator and Mayor of Juneau, Alaska Sandra Steingraber (1959–), biologist, science writer, ecologist Jack Stephens (1933–2011), guard and forward with the St. Louis Hawks James Von Boeckman (1923–2001), Illinois state representative See also Pekin Lettes References External links 1829 establishments in Illinois Cities in Illinois Cities in Peoria County, Illinois Cities in Tazewell County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1829 Sundown towns in Illinois