Michael Howlett
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Michael J. Howlett was born August 30, 1914.
He served as Illinois Comptroller (1961-1973), and became Illinois Secretary of State in 1973, serving in that position until 1977.
He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of the U.S. State of Illinois in 1976. Michael J. Howlett defeated incumbent Daniel Walker in the Democratic primary, only to lose to Republican nominee James R. Thompson.
Michael Howlett has a great-nephew, a resident of Elmhurst, named after him.
