Adolph Marks (born 1867) was a lawyer and state senator in Illinois.
He was elected to fill a seat left vacant in the Illinois Senate and re-elected in 1922.
[2] His re-election was close, punctuated by a recount that showed Marks had won the seat by 63 votes.
[3] While in office Marks and Samuel Ettelson tried to pressure Al Capone not to go through with a plan to take over policy rackets in Chicago's Ward 2.
[4] In 1930, Marks lost the Republican nomination for State Senate to Daniel Serritella, City Superintendent of Streets and henchman of Al Capone.