Question: When was the American politician from Illinois died who defeated Charles Harting Percy in 1985?

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Elmer Ray: Elmer "Kid Violent" Ray (March 3, 1911 – May 20, 1987) was an American heavyweight boxer who fought from 1926 to 1949.  He was born in Federal Point, Florida.  Ray was known as a hard puncher and had a career record of 86 (with 70 knockouts)-13-1.  Ray never fought for the title, but did fight future heavyweight champions Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott.  In three fights with Walcott, Ray suffered a three round knockout on September 25, 1937, rebounded to outpoint Walcott on November 15, 1946, and lost the third fight by decision (April 3, 1947).  He defeated Charles on a split decision on July 25, 1947, but was knocked out in the 9th round of their rematch on May 7, 1948.  He also boxed light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis, but was stopped in the 12th round on May 19, 1938.  In 2003, Ray made the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all-time at number 44.

Lucien H. Kerr: Lucien H. Kerr (May 4, 1831 – October 31, 1873) was an American politician and soldier from Ohio.  Coming with his family to Peoria County, Illinois, Kerr studied law but enlisted in the Union Army before getting the chance to practice.  He rose to lead the 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry until he was mustered out in 1864.  Upon his return to Peoria, Kerr practiced law.  He served one two-year term in the Illinois Senate, then was defeated in a re-election bid.  He died the next year from an injury from a hunting accident.

Charles H. Percy: Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011), known as Chuck Percy, was an American businessman and politician.  He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964.  In 1966, he was elected to the United States Senate from Illinois as a Republican; he served for three terms (18 years) until 1985, when he was defeated by Paul Simon.  He was mentioned as a GOP presidential hopeful from 1968 through 1988.  During his Senate career, Percy concentrated on business and foreign relations.

Paul Simon (politician): Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois.  He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985, and in the United States Senate from 1985 to 1997.  A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.

Joe Gander: Joseph Herbert Gander (1888 – 22 November 1954) was an Australian politician.  Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a billiardmaker and public servant.  He was involved in local politics in Sydney, being elected to Newtown Council.  In 1931, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Reid, a member of the Lang Labor party; he defeated Percy Coleman, the Labor member.  When, in 1936, the Lang Labor members rejoined the Labor party, Gander was one of them.  However, in 1940, the Labor Party split again, and Gander was among the members to join the Langite Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist).  However, he was defeated in the election of that year by the federal Labor candidate, Charles Morgan, and retired from politics, returning to public service.  Gander died in 1954.

Redbad, King of the Frisians: Redbad (alt.  Radbod, Raedbed) (died 719) was the king (or duke) of Frisia from c. 680 until his death.  He is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia before Frankish domination.  He defeated Charles Martel at Cologne.  Eventually, however, Charles prevailed and compelled the Frisians to submit.  Redbad died in 719, but for some years his successors struggled against the Frankish power.

Archibald A. Glenn: Archibald Alexander Glenn (January 30, 1819 – May 21, 1901) was an American politician from Kentucky.  Raised in Indiana, Glenn's father died when he was thirteen and Glenn had to provide for his family.  In 1837, he moved to Illinois where he learned the printing trade and became a publisher.  He campaigned for Henry Clay in 1844 then became a prominent politician in Brown County, Illinois.  He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1872 and was named its president two years later; this made him the acting Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.  After his term, he moved to Wichita, Kansas where he held several political positions.

Alonzo K. Vickers: Alonzo K. Vickers (September 25, 1853 – January 21, 1915) was an American politician and jurist from Illinois.  Vickers received a basic public education and assisted on the family farm as a youth.  He later taught in schools and studied law in Metropolis, Illinois.  Upon admission to the bar, Vickers practiced in and around Vienna, Illinois, also serving as that city's attorney.  He served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1886 to 1888.  In 1891, he was elected to the 1st Illinois circuit court, practicing there for eleven years until elevation to the Illinois Appellate Court.  In 1906, Vickers was elected to the Supreme Court of Illinois.  He died before completing his nine-year term.

Robin Kelly: Robin Lynne Kelly (born April 30, 1956) is an American politician from Illinois who has served as the U.S. Representative for Illinois 's 2 congressional district since 2013.  A member of the Democratic Party, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003-07.  She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010.  She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for State Treasurer, but was defeated in the general election.  Prior to running for Congress, Kelly served as the Cook County Chief Administrative Officer.

Charles K. Carpenter: Charles K. Carpenter (born in 1872 in Illinois, died in 1948) was a prominent minister in northern Illinois and a charter member of the Illinois State Academy of Science.  During his years of service as a minister, his avocation was recording observations of nature and preparing study skins and life mounts of animals of the region.  After his retirement from the church in 1940, he organized his collections and observations into the Northern Illinois Museum of Natural History, which he maintained at his home in Baileyville, Ogle County, Illinois.  After his death in 1948, most of his life mounts were given to a high school, where they remained until 1983 when they were donated to the Illinois State Museum.  Many of his bird study skins, egg sets, and photographs were given to Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa; in 1985-1986 these were transferred to the Illinois State Museum.  Among his specimens was a life mount of a (now extinct) passenger pigeon, "Ectopistes migratorius" (Linnaeus, 1766), collected by his father, Edwin A. Carpenter (born in 1846 in Pennsylvania, died in 1919 in Illinois).  This specimen is one of only 19 complete and 7 partial skeleton specimens of passenger pigeons known to exist in museum collections.

Supporting paragraphs: Charles H. Percy Paul Simon (politician)
Answer: December 9, 2003