Southside Chicago was released from prison by Small. O'Donnell returned to Chicago as the leader of one of the most powerful bootlegging gangs in the city. Small's reputation for corruption finally caught up with him at the ballot box when he was defeated in the 1928 Republican "Pineapple Primary" by a margin of 63% to 37% against Louis Lincoln Emmerson, the incumbent Illinois Secretary of State. Small made a failed run for governor in 1932, and another in 1936. Death Small died on May 17, 1936. He is buried at Mound Grove Cemetery in Kankakee, Illinois. References Further reading Kobler, John. Capone. Da Capo Press of Perseus Books Group, New York. 2003. p. 79. Ridings, Jim. Len Small: Governors and Gangsters. Side Show Books, Herscher IL. 2009. External links National Governors Association The Political Graveyard Genealogy Trails Illinois State Archives 1862 births 1936 deaths Republican Party governors of Illinois Republican Party Illinois state senators People from Kankakee, Illinois Valparaiso University alumni State treasurers of Illinois Illinois politicians convicted of corruption