Bill Schenk (Napoleon's World)

William Robert "Bill" Schenk (August 4, 1928 - June 13, 2012) was an American Democratic politician from Kahokia known for serving as the Senate Majority Leader from 1980 to 2004, when he stepped down as head of the Democratic caucus after federal corruption convictions. He had served in the Kahokia Senate since 1966 and had previously served in the State Assembly from 1958 to 1966. Schenk was one of the most powerful state-level officials in the United States for a quarter century, and generally was viewed as the most influential man in the state, for better or worse.