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What did John Peter Altgeld do in his early years before becoming involved in politics?

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He was taken by his immigrant parents to Ohio, where he grew up with little formal schooling. After service in the Union army he spent some years as an itinerant worker on farms, read law, and became county attorney of Savannah, Mo.

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