{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3622", "width": "2351", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Library of Congress*\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\\nOFFICIAL DONATION.\\nShelf", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "Price, $3. Paper, ^l,\\nSOUVENIR\\nOF THE\\nILLINOIS LEGISLATURE\\nOF 159\u00c2\u00a7.\\nOver 200 Portraits, with Biographical Sketches of Every riember of the\\nGeneral Assembly, State Officers, and The Press.\\nAlso Engravings of the Senate and House Chambers, the Capitol, the Executive\\nriansion, the Lincoln Home, Hotels, Etc.\\n^c nut afrrtib of i^vcatjtcss\\n^ctne ave born great, sontc achicue\\nnx*erttiteae attt aonte hauc orcat-\\nncaa thxntat npon thcni,\\nLIBRARY OF C^NGRESSr\\nRECEIVED\\nJAM -U 1901\\nm^\\\\sm OF DOCUMENTS.\\nCop3 right, 1893, by J. L. Pickering-.\\nSPRINGFIELD\\nPRESS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL.\\nft^r^", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Ct Question of personal privilege\\nTh[is Souvenir is dedicated to tl^e ger]tleiTieq whose portraits ap-\\npear, It Inas been no easy task to assemble so niarjij statesmeq under\\noqe standard, Nor l [as it beer] easy to select good photograplqs, have\\ntheiT] engraved and priqted so lq^aqdsorr[ely as has been done,\\nI am siqcerely grateful for tl^e encouragerr|ent and aid rendered\\nby those whose comely faces follow this page. Nor am I unnqindful\\nof the coqfideqce reposed in m.e by my friends,\\nAlmost all th^e photos were obtained from the popular gallery of\\nL, S, Anderson, Springfield, although rr[aqy were furnished by Halliday\\nKessberger, also of Springfield, and tl^ey do th[eir own talking,\\nThe printing was done in Springfield by The State Journal\\nCompany, and will bear th^e most critical inspection, Tl^e engrav-\\nirjgs are ail on rolled copper, aqd were made by Blomgren Bros,\\nCo,, Chicago, wP|0 have added to tl^eir reputatioq.\\nTrusting that th[Ose who complirr|ented iT]e by their prefereqca\\nwill qot regret it, and hopiqg that all will returq two years Iqence, I beg\\nto subrrjit my report with^out further con^tTjeqt,\\nSincerely,\\nJ, L, Pickering,\\nSpringfield, Marcl^, 1893,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20 io 0\\n1061 ir\\nJAN 31 1901\\nD. of D.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "JOHN P. ALTGELD,\\nGovernor of Illinois.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nTHE GOVERNOR.\\nIt is an honor to be the chief execu-\\ntive over four millions of people. It\\nis a greater honor to be chosen chief\\nexecutive under the peculiar conditions\\nthat maintained during- the tierce cam-\\npaig n of 1892 in Illinois. Illinois v^as\\nadmitted to the Union in 1818, and im-\\nmediately its sparse population decid-\\ned almost unanimously for the princi-\\nples of Jefferson and Madison and\\nMonroe. There was no break in the\\nphalanx of democratic victories from\\nthat time until 56, when a combina-\\ntion of slavery, knownothing-ism and\\nrestlessness at the arrogance of dem-\\nocratic leaders turned the state over to\\nthe Republicans which party almost\\nimmediately after the election absorb-\\ned the majority of the American\\nelement, which was a considerable\\nfactor in the campaign of 56. Buchan-\\nan s electors carried the state, also.\\nFrom that day to Jan. 10, 1893, there\\nwas no serious break in the republi-\\ncan column, except in 62. To be sure\\nthe legislature was democratic until\\n65, and a fusion with the greenbackers\\nenabled them to elect a superintendent\\nof public instruction in 74. But for\\nover thirty years Illinois was set down\\nas good for 25,000 to 50,000 republican\\nplurality. The result of last fall s\\nelection dazed republicans and dem-\\nocrats. While Michig-an, Iowa, Kan-\\nsas, Wisconsin, Ohio and other rock-\\nbound republican states had at times\\nwandered from the path of republi-\\ncanism, it was believed that nothing-\\ncould affect Illinois.\\nAnd so the democrats entered the\\ncampaign of 92 without hope. Gov.\\nJohn P. Altgeld expected to be elect-\\ned, and those nearest him predicted it\\nwith confidence. The energy, ability\\nand talent for organization, possessed\\nb}^ the democratic candidate for gov-\\nernor in a great measure decided the\\ncontest. Judg-e Altgeld s promise to\\nthe convention that his would be a\\nstrictly business administration, if\\nelected, is being- carried out. He is a\\nbusiness man who applies business\\nprinciples in the discharg-e of his offi-\\ncial duties. And he demands qualifi-\\ncations other than party service al-\\nthough that is also necessary from\\nthe men he appoints to office. He has\\nfilled the more important places with\\nmen who will carry out his policy, and\\nthe press has generally endorsed them.\\nJohn P. Altgeld was born in Prus-\\nsia in 1848, and came to this country\\nwith his parents when a boy, the\\nfather settling on a farm near Mans-\\nfield, Ohio. At this early date he be-\\ngan to show those studious traits and\\nmental powers that have since raised\\nhim to eminence. He worked hard\\nand studied his books when he could\\nsteal a few minutes. He attended the\\nschools when work on the farm was\\nnot pressing, and at the age of 16 en-\\nlisted in Co. C, 164th O. Inf., and went\\nto the front, participating in the cam-\\npaign of Grant that closed the war.\\nReturning home he spent the next few\\nyears alternately teaching school,\\nstudjdng and working- as a farm hand.\\nThen he went west to St. Ivouis where\\nhe read law in a destxltory waj and\\nafterwards in the office of Haven\\nRea, Savannah, Mo. His industry\\nand faculty for diving to the heart of\\nhis subject broug-ht clients, fame and\\nprosperity. In 74 he was elected pros-\\necuting attorney of Andrew county,\\nbut in October, 75, he resig-ned his\\noffice, sold his furniture and moved\\nto Chicago. He took little interest in\\npolitics for several years, but in 84\\nran for cong-ress in an overwhelming-\\nrepublican district. He was defeated,\\nbut cut down the republican majority.\\nIn 86 without solicitation on his part\\nhe was nominated for superior judge\\nof Cook county, at that time about\\n12,000 republican. He hesitated some\\ntime before accepting-, but finally did\\nso, and so thorough a canvas did he\\nmake, and so perfect was his org-aniza-\\ntion, that notwithstanding- defections\\nfrom the democratic party and quar-\\nrels within the ranks, he was elected\\nby a large majority, the laboring men\\nbeing- especially active in his interest.\\nA mtxltiplicity of private interests\\ncompelled him to resig-n his place on\\nthe bench in August, 91. He has be-\\ncome quite wealthy, principally by\\nshrewd buying- and sellings of real es-\\ntate in Chicago, a proper field for a\\nman with capital and sharp business\\ninstinct. He also has been interested\\nin street railways in various cities.\\nHe was nominated for governor on the\\nfirst ballot in the democratic conven-\\ntion in April, 92, and made two hard\\ncanvasses of the state one a prelimi-\\nnary trip in which he visited every\\ncounty to learn the conditions, and\\ng-ive instructions for organization, and\\nanother to address the people on the\\nissues of the dcLj. In 78 he married\\nMiss Bmma Ford, an accomplished\\nladj who has already become very\\npopular in Springfield society.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "LKC.ISLATIVK SorVKNIK.\\nTHE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.\\nJoseph B. Gill, President of the Sen-\\nate and lyieutenant Governor, served\\ntwo terms in the house in 89 and 91\\nand was nominated on the first ballot\\nin April, 92, for lievitenant g-overnor\\nb^ the democratic state convention.\\nHe was born on a farm near Marion,\\nWilliamson connt.y, Feb. 17, 1862, and\\nis the young-est lieutenant governor\\never elected in this state. In 63 his\\nfamily moved to De Soto, Jackson\\ncounty, and in 68 to Murphysboro,\\nAbout the first office he asked from\\nhis party was to the house in 88\\nand it was given him, also a return for\\nfaithful services in 90. In both gen-\\neral assemblies he was a strong anti-\\ncorporation man, and championed the\\ncause of the laboring people on every\\nmeasure that came up of interest to\\nthem. He was instrumental in secur-\\ning the passage of the gross weight\\nbill, the weekly pa^^ bill, the anti-\\ntruck store bill, and did all he could to\\nadvance the arbitration bill to a suc-\\ncessful issue. His efforts to benefit a\\nclass of people who have few friends\\nwhere he has lived ever since. He\\nwas educated in the public schools, at\\nthe Christian Brothers Colleg-e in St.\\nL,ouis, and at the Southern Illinois\\nNormal, at Carbondale, graduating\\nfrom the latter in June, 84. Then he\\ncompleted a law term of two 3 ears at\\nAnn Arbor, g-raduating in July, 86,\\nand was admitted to the Michigan\\nbar, passing an examination before\\nthe supreme and circuit courts of that\\nstate. He never practiced his pro-\\nfession, but returning home engaged\\nin newspaper work, bu^-ing- an inter-\\nest in the Murphysboro Independent,\\nwhich he conducted and edited up to\\nJan. 1, 93,\\nin the leg islature, were appreciated,\\nand soon after the legislature of 91\\nadjourned, there was a demand for\\nhim to go on the state ticket. Resolu-\\ntions were adopted in many lodges and\\nunions commending Gov. Gill to the\\ndemocratic state convention and urg-\\ning his nomination. An unusual in-\\nterest was taken in his election be-\\ncause of the close relations between the\\ncandidate and the class whose cause\\nhe had championed in the legislature.\\nHe was triumphantly elected, running\\nahead of most of his colleagues on the\\nDemocratic state ticket. He is an im-\\npartial presiding officer, and has won\\nthe respect of the senators already.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE.\\nWilliam H. Hinrichsen, Secretary- of\\nState, was born in Franklin. 111., Maj^\\n27, 18.S0, and educated at the Illinois\\nUniversit3^ His father was born in\\nthe Grand Duch3^ of Mecklenberg and\\nemigrated to America when a boy.\\nHis mother was born in Morgan coun-\\nt3% and her father, who was a soldier\\nof the war of 1812, came from Virginia.\\nAfter leaving the Universit}^ Mr. Hin-\\nrichsen entered the office of the gen-\\neral stock agent of the Wabash rail-\\nHinrichsen returned to Jacksonville to\\nresume editorial charge of The Courier,\\nbut the democratic caucus in Jan. 91\\nchose him bj acclama.tion for clerk of\\nthe house, and after the legislature\\nadjourned he entered into the work of\\nthe campaign of 92 with his ustial\\nvigor and discretion. As a member of\\nthe executive comnaittee of the state\\ncommittee, he made a careful canvass\\nof ever^- counts in the state, paving\\nthe waj b^ an intelligent observation\\nof the condition of the party and sug-\\ngestions as to organization, for the\\nsweeping triumph of 92. He was named\\nroad, remaining for four years and re-\\nsigning to become deputy sheriff of\\nMorgan county in 74. He was there\\nfor three terms, and was elected sheriff\\nin 80. Two years later he bought an\\ninterest in The Bvening Courier with\\nGeo. E. Dojdng, and declining a re-\\nnomination for sheriff, he entered the\\nnewspaper business with vigor. He\\nedited The Courier until 86, when the\\nfirm purchased The Ouincy Daily Her-\\nald, and he went over to take charge\\nof it. He soon raised it to the front\\nrank among provincial dailies, and\\nmade its influence as a democratic\\norgan felt all over western Illinois.\\nIn 90 The Herald was sold and Mr.\\nfor secretary of state on first ballot. He\\nhad charge of the press bureau during\\nthe campaign. When he was 21 he was\\nelected justice of the peace in a strong\\nrepublican precinct. He has been a\\ndelegate to every democratic state\\nconvention since he was old enough to\\nvote. He has been a member, and\\nchairman or secretary most of the\\ntime, of the Morgan and Adams county\\ncommittees since he reached the vot-\\ning age. He was on the executive\\ncommittee of the state committee dur-\\ning the campaign of 90, and resigned\\nwhen nominated for secretary of state.\\nIn 73 he married Miss Louise Sparks,\\nand has two sons and one daughter.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "I.KOISr.ATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nTHE STATE TREASURER.\\nAn epitome of the life of Rufus N.\\nRamsay, State Treasurer, will con-\\ntain no failures as a politician and no\\nscars as a servant of the people. His\\nlife has been that of an honorable and\\nindustrious g-entleman who accepts of-\\nfice as a duty, and who discharg-es\\nhis official responsibilities with fidel-\\nity, honesty and energ y. Popular,\\nof course, for he always ran ahead\\nof his ticket. As a member of the\\nhouse in 89 and 91 he was a safe\\nated from the State Universit} at\\nBlooining ton, Ind., in 64. Then he\\n.studied law with Gov. French and also\\nwith Judg-e Underwood at Belleville;\\nadmitted to the bar in 65, and prac-\\nticed for .several years in Carlyle. He\\ng-radually became interested in farm\\nlands and real estate, and quit the law\\nat a time when he had a large and\\nlucrative practice. In 70 the banks of\\nRamsa3 Seiter, of Carlyle, and\\nSeiter Ramsay, of lycbanon, were\\norganized and prospered until 80,\\nwhen the partnership was dissolved,\\nthe resident partner in each city tak-\\nleader, with a strong following of the\\nbest element. He saw the objection-\\nable features in the compulsory educa-\\ntion law of 89, and was denied the\\nprivilege of explaining his vote bj the\\nhouse. He did say during the confu-\\nsion and objections that he was a\\nfriend of compulsor3^ education, but\\nthe present bill possessed several ob-\\njectionable features, and he could not\\nvote for it. He is a quiet, unostenta-\\ntious man, shrewd as a politician, and\\na tireless worker.\\nRufus N. Ramsay was born on a\\nClinton county farm May 20, 1838, and\\nspent three years at Illinois College,\\nsome time at McKendree, and gradu-\\ning complete control. He was elected\\ncounty clerk in 65 when every county\\nofficer was a republican, and was re-\\nelected. He has done as much or more\\nthan any other one man to make Clin-\\nton county democratic by 900 to 1,100.\\nHe is a Presbyterian. In 64 he mar-\\nried Miss Julia Toney, and has two\\ndaughters and one son. Is largely in-\\nterested in farm lands and Chicago\\nand St. Louis real estate. His father,\\nwho came to Illinois in 16 from South\\nCarolina, is strong- and vigorous at 88,\\nand was in Springfield inaug-uration\\nday. He is the oldest democrat in the\\nstate, and a man whose whole life has\\nbeen above reproach.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "IvEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nSUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.\\nThere have been few democrats in\\nthe office of Superintendent of Public\\nInstruction of the state of Illinois\\nsince 1857, when the republicans took\\ncontrol of the state g^overnment. In\\nfact Henry Raab, of Belleville, is the\\nonly democrat that has ever been\\nelected to the office on a straight party\\nplatform and ticket. He was elected\\nin 82 by about 3,000 plurality. The\\nstate went republican by 40,000 in 80.\\nHe declined a renomination in 86 but in\\nvention, but it was discouraged by Mr.\\nRaab, who has little taste for political\\nlife.\\nHenry Raab was born in Wetzlar,\\nRhenish Prussia, June 20, 1837. He\\nwas educated in the Kindergarten,\\npublic school and Royal Gymnasium\\nof his native city also by private tu-\\ntors. After leaving school he learned\\nthe trade of a currier in his father s\\nshops and emigrated to the United\\nStates in 53, finding work at his trade\\nin Cincinnati. The year following he\\nwent to St. Ivouis and later on to\\nBelleville, where he was for a time en-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was named against his will and was\\nelected by a plurality of over 34,000\\nrunning far ahead of the ticket.\\nIn his capacity of superintendent of\\npublic instruction he took a firm stand\\nfor the better supervision of schools\\nand the better education of teachers.\\nHe discharged his duties in a quiet un-\\nostentatious manner, yet with an en-\\nergy and ability that made him many\\nfriends among the school teachers and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0educators in the state. At the close of\\nhis first administration he returned to\\nBelleville to superintend the public\\nschools of that city. His name was\\nurged in many quarters for governor\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0before the last democratic state con-\\ngaged in clerking. During all this\\ntime he was a close student of political\\nand economic questions, and in 57 be-\\ncame a teacher in the public schools of\\nBelleville. In 60 he was elected libra-\\nrian of the St. Clair county library, an\\noffice which he held until 83, when the\\ncity of Belleville assumed control of\\nthat institution. In the teaching pro-\\nfession he rose to be a principal, and\\nin 73 was made city superintendent of\\nschools of Belleville, which office he\\nheld until he was elected superinten-\\ndent of public instruction in 82. In\\n59 he was married to Miss Mathilda\\nVon Ivcngerken, and has one son and\\ntwo daughters.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "I,EGISI,ATIVK SOUVrCNIK.\\nTHE ATTORNEY=QENERAL.\\nMaurice T. Maloney, Attorney-Gen-\\neral, was born in County Kerry, Ire-\\nland, July 26, 1849. After a thorough\\ncourse in the common schools he en-\\ntered Listowel Seminary, graduating-\\nin the classical course. He moved to\\nAmerica in 67, and began a course of\\nstudy in moral philosophy in the\\nNiagara Falls Seminary of Our Lady\\nof Angels. Afterwards he studied\\ntheology in Wheeling, and taught\\nschool for a time iu Wytheville, Va.\\nelection he has commenced suit against\\nEx-Auditors I^ippincott, Swigert and\\nPavey and their bondsmen to recover\\nfees alleged to be illegally diverted\\nand retained.\\nAlthough he has been in office less\\nthan three months at this writing Mr.\\nMoloney has rendered several opinions\\nof great importance. And the best\\nlegal talent as well as the great news-\\npapers republican and democratic\\nagree with his conclusions. The opin-\\nion in regard to the right of the canal\\ncommissioners of the Illinois Michi-\\ngan Canal to turn over to the trustees\\nIn 69 he entered the University of\\nVirginia, near Charlottesville, founded\\nby Thomas Jefferson, from which he\\ngraduated in 71 with the Bachelor of\\nL,aws degree. He then moved to Ot-\\ntawa, 111., where he has since lived and\\nhad a very successful practice.\\nHe was city attorney of Ottawa for\\nfour years, states attorney of LaSalle\\ncounty from 84 to 88, and prosecuted\\nall the boodlers, recovering some\\n$50,000 for the county. He was legal\\nadvisor to the board of supervisors for\\nseven years. He was nominated for\\nattorney-general in the democratic\\nstate convention in 92 on the first bal-\\nlot with four candidates. Since his\\nof the Chicago Drainage District a\\nportion of the canal for sanitary pur-\\nposes, is probably the most important\\none. Important, also, are his careful-\\nly prepared views on the right of the\\nstate auditor to retain a part of the\\nfees from the insurance companies; in\\nregard to the right of the auditor to\\nemploy a Chicago attorney, and in re-\\ngard to treasurers loaning public funds.\\nHe is a man of indomitable energy,\\nand has made a very favorable im-\\npression already on the people of the\\nstate. In 1873 he married Miss\\nAnnie J. Graham, of Ottawa, and has.\\nfive children three sons and twe\u00c2\u00bb\\ndaughters.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nIvEGISIvATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nTHE ADJUTANT=GENERAL.\\nGen. Alfred Orendorff,Adjutant Gen-\\neral of the state of Illinois, was born\\nJuly 29, 1845, in Logan county, and\\nwas educated at the Wesle^^an Univer-\\nsity, Blooniington, and the military\\nschool at Fulton, Illinois. In 6(3\\nGen. Orendorfp graduated from the\\nAlbany, N. Y., Law School, with the\\ndegree of Bachelor of Laws. He be-\\ngan practice in Springfield in 67 with\\nthe firm of Herndon Zane. The\\nfirm was successively Herndon Oren-\\nand ratified by the democrats, for the\\nIllinois house, and was elected. He\\ntook an active part as a member of the\\njudiciary committee in revising the\\nlaws of the state in conformity with\\nthe constitution of 70. He has been\\nchairman of the democratic state com-\\nmittee for several years, and was dele-\\ngate to several national democratic\\nconventions. In 82 as candidate for\\nstate treasurer he pulled a republican\\nmajority of 40,000 down to about 5,000,\\nand four years later he made another\\nsplendid run for the same office. He\\nis vice president of the German- Amer-\\ndorff and Orendorff Creighton.\\nWhen Judge Creighton was elected\\nto the circuit bench, he formed a\\npartnership with Robert H. Patton,\\nunder the firm name of Orendorff\\nPatton, which still exists, and is one\\nof the strongest in Central Illinois.\\nOriginally he was a republican, he\\ntook the first step towards democracy\\nin 72, when so many republicans of\\nliberal views joined the struggling\\nparty of the common people. In 72\\nhe was a delegate to the democratic\\nnational convention, and heartily\\nfavored the nomination of Judge\\nLyman Trumbull for president. In\\n73 he was nominated hj the liberals\\nican Loan association and of the\\nFranklin Life Insurance company of\\nthis city, and has large interests in\\nreal estate. He has held the highest\\noffices within the gift of the Odd Fel-\\nlows has been representative to the\\nsovereign grand lodge of the world\\nevery year since 1880. In 1870 he\\ninarried Julia, the daughter of Col.\\nJohn Williams, one of the wealthiest\\nand most respected pioneers of Illi-\\nnois, and has two daughters and one\\nson. He was appointed adjutant-gen-\\neral by Gov. Altgeld Jan. 20, 1893, an\\nappointment that was most cordially\\nreceived in every quarter of the state,\\nas well as elsewhere where he is known.\\nILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "I.KGISLATIVK SOrVKNIK.\\n11\\nSUPREHE COURT REPORTER.\\nThe oldest Supreme Court Reporter\\nin the United States is Norman L.\\nFreeman, of Illinois, and there is none\\nmore accurate or more satisfactory to\\nthe lawyers and judges. The position is\\none of peculiar difHculty, and requires\\nqualifications above that of a lawyer,\\nor even a judjj;-e. Indeed, Illinois law-\\nyers frequently cjuote the sylkibus of a\\nsupreme court decision in preference\\nto the words of the justice. Judg-e\\nFreeman has a happy faculty pos-\\nsecrets of the court. He has a hand-\\nsome home in Springfield, and is a\\ndemocrat of the old school.\\nNorman L,. Freeman was born in\\nCaledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., Miiy\\n9, 1823. His parents, Truman and\\nHannah (Dow) Freeman, trace their\\nancestry back to the early pioneers.\\nIn 31 he accompanied his widowed\\nmother to Ann Arbor, and six years\\nlater they moved to Detroit. He\\nworked in his brother s store in Cleve-\\nland for a time, and in 40 entered an\\nacademy in that city. From there he\\nwent to the Ohio University, at Athens,\\nsessed by few men, of extracting the\\nkernel from the shell of a decision,\\nand painting it in short terse sentences.\\nIt is this that renders him so valuable\\nin his capacit^^ of reporter of the su-\\npreme court, and makes his reports\\nmodels of excellence and reliability.\\nHe has edited and published 106 vol-\\numes of Illinois Reports, embodying\\nover 7,000 cases. He is the personifi-\\ncation of courtesy and accommodation.\\nBy nature of his office he is close to\\nthe justices of the court. No doubt\\nhe has been approached many times\\nby interested litigants for information\\nin regard to pending cases, but he was\\nnever known to violate the sacred\\nand had for fellow students S. S. Cox\\nand Milton Latham. In 43 he moved\\nto Kentucky and taught school to pay\\nhis expenses while studying law. In\\n46 he began the practice of lais profes-\\nsion in Morg-anfield, Ky. The g reat\\nstrug^ gle between the north and south\\ncompelled him to move to a more\\npeaceful state than Kentucky, for he\\ninherited many Quaker principles from\\nhis mother s family. In 62 he moved\\nto Shawneetown, and it; April 63, was\\nappointed reporter of the supreme\\ncourt, and has held the office ever\\nsince. In December, 49, he married\\nMiss Tranquilla Richeson, and has four\\nchildren a son and three daughters.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nLEGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nSUPREME=APPELLATE COURTS.\\nThe state of Illinois was divided\\nhalf a centtiry ago into three grand\\ndivisions of the supreme court. The\\nseat of the Central Grand Division is\\nlocated at Springfield.\\nE. A. SNIVBLT.\\nBTHAN A. SNIVEI.Y, Clerk of the\\nSupreme Court, Central Grand Divi-\\nsion, was born in Cuba, Fulton, Co.,\\n111., Feb. 17, 1845, and received a com-\\nmon school education. In 60 he en-\\ntered the office of The Squatter Sover-\\neign, at Havana, to learn the printing\\nbusiness. Before he was 21 years old\\nhe assumed editorial and business\\nmanagement of The Rushville Times,\\nand conducted the paper for over two\\nyears. In July, 68 he beg-an the pub-\\nlication of The Galesburg Times, and\\nfor nearly a year he preached radical\\ndemocracy in a county that gave near-\\nly 3,000 republican majority. Then he\\nedited The Pekin Register for a few\\nmonths, resigning in the fall of 69 to\\nbecome city editor of The Peoria Daily\\nNational Democrat. In Oct. 71 he as-\\nsumed control of The Macoupin En-\\nquirer at Carlinville, which he con-\\nducted until April, 77, when he relin-\\nquished it and engaged in the agricul-\\ntural implement business. In 79 he\\nassumed editorial control of The Ma-\\ncoupin Herald at Carlinville, and in\\n80 this paper was consolidated with\\nThe Fnquirer, which he edited until\\n83, when he sold it. In 78 he was\\nelected clerk of the supreme court, and\\nwas re-elected in 84 and 90 by in-\\ncreased majorities, the last two times\\nhaving no opposition in the democratic\\nconvention. He was president of the\\nIllinois Press Association in 79 and\\n80, and is a very active honorary\\nmember now. The first work he did in a\\nprinting office was to assist in getting\\nout an extra on Sunday annotmcing\\nthe first nomination of Abraham Lin-\\ncoln for president. There were few\\nrailroads and no telegraph in the west\\nthen, and it took three days for the\\nnews to reach Havana.\\nThe Appellate Court, Third District,\\ncomprises the same counties as Central\\nGrand Division, Supreme Court; it was\\norganized in 77; the present incumbent\\nis the first clerk elected by the people.\\nGEORGE W. JONES, Clerk of the\\nAppellate Court, Third District, came\\nto Illinois with his parents when a.\\nchild and was raised at Griggsville\\nand in Pike county, one of the most\\nfertile and beautiful counties in the\\nstate. He received a good common\\nschool education, and was clerk of the\\ncircuit court of Pike county from 60\\nto 64, and 72 to 76. He also held\\nseveral minor offices, member of the\\nboard of supervisors, the board of ed-\\nucation, etc. In 78 he was elected\\nclerk of the appellate court, and was\\nre-elected in 84 and 90 by increased\\nmajorities was nominated by accla-\\nmation in the democratic convention\\nin 84- 90. He is a strong democrat.\\nand an enthusiastic Cleveland man.\\nIn 50 he was married to Miss Celia\\nBennett, of Marshall Co., 111., and has\\ntwo sons Frank H., member of the\\nlast house of representatives and a\\npromising young attorney of Spring-\\nfield, and Fred. B., of the Adams\\nWestlake Manufacturing Co., Chicago.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "I.KC.ISI,ATI\\\\ K SOUVENIK.\\n13\\nTHE RAILROAD COnniSSION.\\nProbably the most important board\\nlittached to the state administration is\\nthe Railroad and Warehouse Commis-\\nsion, org-anized in 1870. It is composed\\nof three members, who draw $3,500\\nWM S. CANTRELL.\\neach per annum, and expenses, and a\\nsecretary at $2,500. Term of office two\\nyears Gov. Altg^eld appointed the\\npresent board Jan. 23, 93, and they\\nwere immediately confirmed by the\\nsenate. The board consists of Wm. S.\\nCantrell, of Benton, Charles F. Lape\\nof Springfield and Thomas Gahan of\\nChicag-o, with John W. Yantis of Shel-\\nt)3 ville as secretary.\\nWIIvLIAM S. CANTRELL, Chair-\\nman of the Board, was born in Benton,\\n111., Feb. 6, 1851, and educated at the\\nState University, Blooming^ton, Ind.,\\ntaking- the scientific course. He at-\\ntended the Law School, at Shaw-\\nneetown, conducted by Judg-e A. D.\\nDuff, and was admitted to the bar\\nin June, 74, and has practiced his\\nprofession ever since. He was states\\nattorney of Franklin county for four\\n3 ears. He was married in March, 82\\nto Miss Jennie Burnett, of Shaw-\\nneetown, and they have two chil-\\ndren, a boy and a g^irl. He always\\nhas been very active in politics,\\nand was a delegate to the National\\nDemocratic convention of 88, and took\\na lively interest in the campaign of\\n92. He was an enthusiastic friend of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Gov. Altg-eld before the democratic\\nstate convention, and devoted his tal-\\nents and time to the election of the\\ndemocratic state ticket, in the triumph\\nof which he contributed not a little.\\nHe is a member of the g^rand lodge of\\nIllinois, A. F. A. M. and was on the\\nlaw committee of the lodge the com-\\nmittee on appeals and g^rievances for\\nten years. He is also one of the su-\\npreme officers of the Knig-hts of Hon-\\nor. He was strong-l\\\\ endorsed for his\\npresent place, aud devotes his entire\\ntime to the duties of the office.\\nCHAS. F. LAPE, was born in Zanes-\\nville, O., Nov. 22, 1842, and received a\\ncommon school education while work-\\ning- on a farm up to the time he was\\n14 years old. Then he entered a boiler\\nshop in Zanesville and learned the\\ntrade, remaining- until 60, when he\\nbeg-an braking for the Cincinnati,\\nWilmington Zanesville railroad,\\nnow a laranch of the Pennsylvania.\\nIn the spring- of 61 he enlisted in\\nCo. A, 3d O. Inf., but being under\\nage his mother had his name stricken\\nfrom the roll. Then he went on the\\nL. N. as brakeman, between Louis-\\nville and Nashville remaining until\\nthe spring of 62, when he accepted a\\nplace in the Ft. Wayne shops of the\\nWabash railroad. In 63 he worked for\\nthe I. St. L., now the Big Four, at\\nLitchfield, and in the spring of 64 he\\nchanged to the Illinois Central shops\\nat Centralia. He was promoted to be\\nassistant foreman and remained until\\n73, when he returned to the Ft.\\nWayne shops as foreman. In 82 he\\nwas made general foreman of the An-\\ndrews shops by J. B. Barnes. In 83\\nhe removed to Danville, and assumed\\ncharge of the Tilton shops. Soon after\\nhe was made assistant master me-\\nchanic with headquarters at Mt. Car-\\nmel, and in 85 received his last pro-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\nI^EGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nmotion, being made master mechanic\\nof the Springfield shops, which place\\nhe held until appointed to his present\\nposition. He married Miss Nancj^\\nBrown in Centralia, in 66, and has\\nhad four children, two of whom sur-\\nvive a boy and girl. He is a Mason,\\nan Klk, a director in two building and\\nTH08. GAHAN.\\nloan associations, and in the Franklin\\nIvife Insurance company. He is a\\nlyutheran in religion, and never took\\na very active part in politics, being\\nappointed to his present place on ac-\\ncotmt of his knowledge of railroading\\nan appointment that met with gen-\\neral satisfaction.\\nTHOMAS GAHAN was born in Cook\\ncounty, near Chicago, in 1849, and re-\\nceived a good common school educa-\\ntion. In 66 he began life for himself\\nas stock shipper for Nels Morris, and\\nfrom 68 to 69 he represented Cragin\\nHancock, packers in the Red River\\ncountry. He was appointed patrolman\\nof the Town of I^ake in 70 when the\\nforce consisted of only three men; was\\npromoted to be sergeant in 74; in 77\\nwas made captain, which office he held\\nuntil 84 when he was elected super-\\nvisor, treasurer and chief of police of\\nthe Town of Ivake, three offices at that\\ntime consolidated. During the two\\nyears he held this office he handled\\n$6,000,000 of the people s money. In\\n86 under the firm name of Gahan\\nBurns he engaged in the business of\\ncontracting for the building of sewers,\\nlaying water mains, etc. In 89 was\\nelected alderman from the 29th ward,\\nand started the fight to clear the Lake\\nFront of the old exposition building\\nand the B. O. depot, in which he\\nwas successful. He was re-elected in\\n90, and resigned to accept his present\\noffice from Gov. Altgeld. When he\\nentered the city council there was not\\na paved street in his ward, and when\\nhe left it, every street in his ward that\\nwas sewered had been paved or con-\\ntracted to be paved. He is a member\\nof the Iroquois Club, the Cook County\\nDemocracy, and the Marching Club,\\nalso of the I. O. F. and the A. O. U.\\nW. He is a shrewd politician and con-\\ntributed greatly to the success of the\\ndemocratic ticket in the recent elec-\\ntion.\\nJOHN W. YANTIS, Secretary of the\\nBoard, was born in Shelby county,\\nMay 13, 1855, and was educated at\\nWestfield College and Bryant Strat-\\ntan s Business College, Chicago. He\\nbegan life as clerk in a mercantile\\nstore in Shelbj^ville, and in 77 formed\\na partnership with his brother-in-law\\nand bought a stock of dry goods, boots\\nand shoes, which continued until 89,.\\nwhen he went into the real estate, loan\\nand insurance business, which was his\\noccupation, when he was appointed\\nsecretary of the board, March 1, 93.\\nHe was chairman of the county board\\nfor three years, and after his first race\\nwas elected without opposition. He\\nwas a member of the state board of\\nequalization froin 86 to 90. In 82 he\\nmarried Miss Cordelia A. James, of\\nShelby county, and has four children.\\nthree girls and one boy. He attends\\nthe Christian church. He is a Mason,\\nan Odd Fellow, an A. O. U. W. a\\nModern Woodman, and has been a\\nrepresentative to the grand lodge of\\nOdd Fellows. Was on the committee\\non appeals for several years, and was\\nchairman the last term. He is also on", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "I.KOISI.ATIVK SOl VKNIK\\n15\\nthe Cenniiiittee on the state of the or-\\nder in the Grand Encampment. Is\\nchairnrin of the committee on appeals\\nof the grand lodge, A. O. U. W., and\\nis one of the trustees of the Odd Fel-\\nlows Orphans Home, at Lincoln. He\\nhas always been a working democrat\\nin his section of the state.\\nJAS. H. I ADDOUK.\\nJAMES H. PADDOCK, of this city,\\nretiring secretary of the board, is one\\nof the best known men connected with\\nthe politics of Illinois. For twenty-\\neight years past he has been in\\nSpringfield during the sessions of the\\ngeneral assembly. He was born in\\nLockport, 111., May, 29, 1850, and re-\\nceived a good common school educa-\\ntion. He was page in the senate in 65.\\nIn 67 he was assistant postmaster of\\nthe senate, and in 69, 71, 73 and 75\\nhe was assistant secretary of the sen-\\nate. In 77, 79 and 81 he was secre-\\ntary of the senate. From 81 to 89 he\\nwas assistant secretary of state, and\\nearly in 89 he was appointed secretary\\nof the railroad and warehouse commis-\\nsion, which position he filled until\\nMarch 1, 93, when the change in ad-\\nministration permitted all the republi-\\ncan officials to retire. In 77 Mr. Pad-\\ndock received the entire vote of the\\nsenate for secretary, when the farmers\\nheld the balance of power, and in 75\\nthe democrats had the organization of\\nthe senate and they made him assist-\\nant secretary. He has never swerved\\nfrom republicanism. Undoubtedly he\\nhas a wider acquaintance among the\\npublic men of Illinois than any other\\nman in the state, and in every position\\nhe has occupied he has discharged his\\nduties with an energy and faithfulness\\nthat commended him to his superiors.\\nIn 73 he married Miss Mary L. Craw-\\nford, of Kankakee, and they have two\\nchildren a boy and girl.\\nTHE PRINTER EXPERT.\\nArthur L,. Hereford, Printer Expert,\\nwas born in Secor, Woodford Co., 111.,\\nApril 1, 1858, and educated in the com-\\nmon school. He graduated from the\\nUnion College of Law, Chicago, in 78\\nand was admitted to the bar at Mt.\\nVernon in 79. He went west, and\\npracticed for a short time at Concor-\\ndia, Kan. In 80 he was nominated by\\nthe democratic state convention for\\nattorney general of Kansas. He was\\nprominent in Kansas politics for sev-\\neral years, and was vice president of\\nthe Leagtie of Democratic Clubs of\\nthat state in 80. But dollai s were\\nnearly as scarce as democrats in the\\nGrasshopper state, and Mr. Hereford\\nreturned to Illinois, purchasing The El\\nPaso Journal in Jan. 81, which he ran\\nuntil Jan. 85, when he went to Chi-\\ncago, and worked as a reporter on the\\nstaffs of The Chicago News. Tribune\\nand other papers until 88. Then he\\nreturned to Woodford count} and\\nstarted The Metamora Herald, a dem-\\nocratic paper, which he ran until\\n91, when he sold out and purchased\\nA. L. iu;kei oku.\\nThe Mattoon Star, which he owns at\\nthis time. He was an enrolling and\\nengrossing clerk of the house in the\\nsession of 91, and was appointed\\nprinter expert by Gov. Altgeld Jan.\\n19, 93. In Nov. 79, he married Miss\\nHelen M. Jacqitin, of Metamora, and\\nhas one son and one daughter.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "I,} ,I.SI,ATIVK SCniVKNIK.\\n17\\nTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.\\nFor the first time in exactly thirty\\nyears a democratic j^eneral assembly\\nconvened in vSprinf, -field on the 4th day\\nof January, 1893. It was more note-\\nworthy from the fact that every de-\\npartment of the state g-overnment, and\\nevery office was filled or soon to be\\nfillecl by democrats. The General As-\\nsembly for the State of Illinois oper-\\nates under a constitution adopted by\\nthe people in 1870\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the fourth instru-\\nment of the kind that has been sub-\\nmitted to the people, and the third that\\nhas been ratified and adopted the\\nconstitution of 1862 having-- been re-\\njected at the polls. The general a.s-\\nsembly meets biennially at noon on\\nthe first Wednesday after the finst\\nMonday in January in odd-numbered\\nyears. It consists of a senate and a\\nhouse of representatives numbering-\\non joint ballot, 204. This is the\\nThirtv-eig-hth General Assembly. In\\nthe biog-raphies that follow the dis-\\ntricts are not g-iven, because it is ex-\\npected that the present legislature will\\nreapportion the state.\\nTHE SENATE.\\nThe Senate consists of 51 members,\\nwho are elected for four years, or two\\nregular sessions. Senators from the\\nodd numbered districts are elected at\\nthe same time as state treasurer and\\nsviperintendent of public instruction\\n1886, 1890, 1894, etc. Senators from\\neven-numbered districts are elected in\\npresidential years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888, 1892, 1896,\\netc. Senators receive $5 per diem\\nduring the session, $50 for stationery\\nand 10 cents a mile for the actual dis-\\ntance from their homes to the state\\ncapital. The districts represented in\\nthe present general assembly were\\norganized in 1881 by the republicans.\\nThe senate of 1893 consists of 29 demo-\\ncrats and 22 republicans.\\nTHE OFFICERS.\\nNext to the President of the Senate\\nthe most influential officer is the Sec-\\nretary. Indeed, he is often charged\\nwith passing or killing more bills than\\nthe senators. The present secretary,\\nhowever, is above reproach, and never\\nhastens or delays a roll call to permit\\nthe lobby to work, or stragglers sent\\nfor. This was almost a rule in the past.\\nDowning, Finis E., (dem.), Virginia;\\neditor-lawyer. Secretary of the Sen-\\nate. Born in Virginia, Aug. 24, 1846,\\nand received a common school edu-\\ncation. He left the farm when 16\\nand clerked in a dry goods store, after-\\nwards going into the same line of\\ntrade for himself. In 69 he went to\\nSKCKETAKY DOWNING\\nButler, Mo., engaging in the grocery\\nand dry goods business, in which he\\ncontinued until 75. Then he returned\\nto Cass county and was elected circuit\\nclerk in 80, was re-elected in 84 and\\nagain in 88, his last term expiring last\\nDecember. He was chosen secretary\\nof the senate by the democratic caucus,\\nand fills the place although the duties\\nare entirely new, to the satisfaction of\\nevery senator. Is naarried. In Sept.\\n91 he bought The Virginia Enquirer,\\nwhich is edited in his absence by his\\nson, Harry F.\\nDavis, Robert H., Sergeant-at-Arms\\nof the senate, lives in Harrollton, and\\nwas born in Mercer Co., Ky., about 55\\nyears ago. In 32 his father moved to\\nGreene Co., 111., where he was a prac-\\nticing ph3 sician, and very successful.\\nRobert was educated in the district\\nschools, and finished at Center College,\\nDanville, Ky. He was salesman in a\\nwholesale drj goods store in St. Louis\\nfor a time, and afterwards in a whole-\\nsale grocery and commission house.\\nIn 70 he went into the business of buy-\\ning grain, selling- flour and coal in\\nCarrollton, and continued it until\\nelected sergeant-at-arms. He was vice-\\npresident of the Mercantile Library,\\nSt. Louis, for two years and a director\\nfor four years; is a life member now;\\nwas a member of the board of educa-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18\\nLEGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\ntion of CarroUton for twelve succes-\\nsive years, and was president of the\\nboard for six years. He was elected\\nto the senate in 85 to succeed F. M.\\n-Bridges, deceased, and was returned\\nSEKGEANT-AT-AKMS DAVIS.\\nto the house in 86 and 88. He was\\nchosen seargeant-at-arnis by acclama-\\ntion in the democratic caucus.\\nAllen, Sylvester, (dem.), Oxville,\\nScott Co.; farmer and merchant. Born\\nin Jackson Co., O., Sept. 2, 1847, and\\nreceived a common school edtication.\\nHe volunteered in the 7th Ohio cavalry\\nand was rejected on account of his\\nyouth, but he was determined to g-o to\\nthe war, and was finally accepted as a\\nteamster. After the war he settled in\\nSYLVESTER ALLEN.\\nScott Co., 111., on a farm near Oxville.\\nIs married. He held the office of jus-\\ntice of the peace several times, and\\nwas postmaster of Oxville under Pres-\\nident Cleveland. He was elected to\\nthe house in 88 and to the senate in\\n90, receiving 6,132 votes to 2,285 for\\nB. B. Hamilton, rep., and 1,574 for R.\\nT. Brock, bolting rep. In the house\\nhe took an active and honest interest\\nin farmer legislation, and the record\\nwas continued in the senate in 91,\\nwhen he was recognized as the cham-\\npion of the interests of the agricultur-\\nists. Is a valuable member of the,\\npresent senate. As a member of the\\nfaithful 101 in the last legislature\\nSenator Allen was faithful and stead-\\nfast, regarding the voice of the people\\nas a peremptory command.\\nCommittees: Senatorial apportionment\\n(chairman;, visit charitable institutions\\n(chairii)an), railroads, revenue, municipali-\\nties, charitable institutions, roads and\\nbridges, military, building and loan associa-\\ntions, waterways and drainage, agriculture.\\nAnderson, Perry, (rep.), Alexis; lum-\\nber merchant. Born in Nasum Socken,\\nPERRY ANDERSON.\\nChristianstads Lan, Sweden, Oct. 5,\\n1853, and at the age of 19 determined\\nto come to America. He did so, set-\\ntling in Warren county and hiring out\\nas a farm hand. His education in the\\nEnglish language was acquired in the\\nhigh school of Alexis, and his com-\\nmercial training at Davenport Busi-\\nness College. He rented a farm and\\nfollowed agriculture for a time, but in\\n81 he engaged in the lumber business,\\nand in that has been successful. In\\n92 he was instrumental in organizing\\nthe Alexis Stoneware Manufacturing\\nCo., and is now serving as president\\nof that enterprise. He has received\\nmany favors regardless of party; has\\nbeen on the board of education many\\nyears, and is still a member; was on\\nthe board of village trustees and was", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "IvKCISI.ATIVK SOUVENIR.\\n19\\npresident of the board, resij^ning-when\\nhe was elected to the senate in 90. Is\\nmarried. Is chairman of the present\\nrepublican senate caucus.\\nC omniittees: .ludicial department, ware-\\nhouses, finance and elainis, appropriations,\\ninuniciiialit ics, charitable institutions, penal\\nand rcfiirniatory world s tair, congressional\\napportionTueiit, labor and manufactures.\\nArnold, John W., (deni.), Lockport;\\nmerchant. Born on a farm in Wash-\\ning-ton coutity, New York, Feb. 14,\\n1852, and came to Illinois with his\\nparents in 1855. Enlisted in the 4th\\n111. Cav. under Col. Dickey, Sept. 16,\\n61; was discharged for disability in\\n62, re-enlisted in the Chicag-o Mercan-\\ntile Battery, and was finally mustered\\nout June 16, 65; was for 14 months a\\nprisoner of war in Texas. After the\\nwar he eng-ag^ed in business in Lock-\\nport. Was postmaster during- the lat-\\nJOHN W. ARNOLD.\\nter part of Cleveland s term. Is mar-\\nried. His popularity is evidenced from\\nthe votes he received for senator in 90,\\ncarrj^ng Will county (the district) by\\n172, while his predecessor, a republi-\\ncan, was elected by a majority of 1,250,\\nand in 92 Harrison carried it by 400.\\nIn the senate he is a hard worker and\\nclosely watches all measures.\\nCommittees: Military (chairman), water-\\nways and drainage (chairman), warehouses,\\nrevenue, municipalities, corporations, penal\\nand reformatoiy, senatorial apportionment,\\nworld s fair, canals and rivers, agriculture,\\nmines and mining, labor and manufactures.\\nAspinwall, Homer F., (rep.). Free-\\nport; farmer. Born in Stephenson\\ncounty, Nov. 15, 1846, and was edu-\\ncated in the common schools, graduat-\\ning from the Freeport high school.\\nThen he clerked for two years in a\\nwholesale notion store. Afterwards\\nhe began farming-, and now owns 265\\nacres of land and is married. lias\\nbeen on the board of supervisors for\\nfour years and held minor offices. Ho\\nis a g-ood specimen of a successful\\nIllinois agriculturist, and takes g-reat\\nHOMER F. ASPINWALL.\\ninterest in matters that affect his con-\\nstituents. Was elected in 92, receiv-\\ning- 8,748 votes to 7,905 for William\\nStewart, dem.\\nCommittees: Elections, insurance, judicial\\ndepartment, agriculture, wareliouses, reve-\\nnue, penal and reformatory, state librarv,\\nworld s fair, senatorial appi rtionment.\\nBacon, George E., (rep.), Paris; law-\\nyer. Born on a farm near Madison.\\nInd., Feb. 4, 1851, and in 54 his par-\\nents moved to Coles Co., 111., and in 76\\nhe moved to Paris. His education was\\nGEORGE E. BACON.\\nfinished at Northwestern University\\nIndianapolis, and the Union Lta.w\\nSchool, Chicago; was admitted in 79\\nat Ottawa. In a bar that possesses", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20\\nI.EGISI ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nmany great minds he has been as suc-\\ncessful as any. Is married and has\\nthree children. Was elected to the\\nsenate in 86, and again in 90; was\\nchairman of the republican caucus in\\n89. In 91 he refused to vote for any\\nbut a republican for U. S. senator a\\nposition endorsed by the best element\\nJ?\\nt\\n:^fl\\nAt^M\\nl^^^^^^l\\nCHAKLKS N. BARNES.\\nof his party. He is a man of fine\\nphysique, with a clear voice, and is\\none of the most effective and pleasing\\norators in the senate. His eulogy of\\nGen. IvOgan in 87 is referred to by\\nthose who heard it as an eloquent trib-\\nute, yet it was little better than his\\nremarks on the death of Mr. Blaine\\nand his old friend and colleague, Sen-\\nator Matthews, during- the present ses-\\nsion. Few lawyers in Illinois, and\\nprobably none in the senate are the\\nequals of Senator Bacon as a platform\\norator, a jury pleader or a lecturer.\\nHis services are in demand from all\\nquarters of the state.\\nCommittees; Judiciary, agriculture, edu-\\ncation, elections, railroads, insurance, con-\\ngressional apportionment, license and mis-\\ncellany, labor and manufactures.\\nBarnes, Charles N., (dem.), Ivacon;\\nlawyer. Born in Marshall county,\\nMarch 25, 1860, and was educated in\\nthe Washburn high school, at Iowa\\nCity College and the Chicag-o Ivaw\\nSchool; admitted to practice in 84.\\nHe has had a very successful run of\\ncases ever since; was manager for the\\nSpringer Ivand Irrigating company in\\nNew Mexico for a time. He is married\\nand owns 380 acres of land. He has\\nrepresented his township three times\\non the county board, was states attor-\\nney of Marshall county for two years,\\nand held various minor offices. He\\nwas elected to the senate in 92 by a\\nvote of 8,039 to 6,325 for Iv. C. McMur-\\ntrie, rep. His colleagues in the senate\\nhave honored him with committee\\nplaces far above those usually g^iven a\\nnew member.\\nCommittees: Canals and rivers (chairman),\\nto visit penal and reformatory institutions\\n(chairman), judiciary, judicial department,\\nrailroads, building and loan associations,\\nworld s fair, penal and reformatory, water-\\nways and drainage, expenses of the general\\nassembly, senatorial apportionment.\\nBartling, Henry C, (dem.), Chicago;\\ncommission merchant and wholesale\\nbook dealer. Born in Springfield, 111.,\\nJuly 4, 1867, and moved with his par-\\nents to Chicago in 70. He was edu-\\ncated in the IvUtheran parochial\\nschools. He was ledg-erman at Mar-\\nshall Field s for some time; has been\\nin the commission business (grain and\\nproduce) for four years, and at the\\nsame time handles church and school\\nbooks books of the Ivutheran chiirch\\nand the public schools. He is not mar-\\nried. He was elected supervisor for\\nthe North Town in 91, being second\\non the ticket, although the district is\\nsafely republican. He was a delegate\\nto the last state convention and mem-\\nber of the committee on resolutions.\\nHe is very popular in his own district;\\nelected in 92 by a vote of 20,801 to\\n17,181 for J. H. Muhlke, rep. The dis-\\ntrict was overwhelmingly republican\\nin 88. Senator Bartling is one of the\\nyoungest members of the legislature,\\nand is honored with good committees.\\nCommittees: License and miscellany\\n(chairman), municipalities, public biiild-\\nings, education, fees and salaries, printing,\\nelections, building and loan associations,\\nworld s fair, waterways and drainage, con-\\ngressional apportionment, canals and rivers.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "IvEGISI.ATIVK SOUVENIK.\\n21\\nBass, George, (rep.), Chicag-o; law-\\nyer. Born ill Williainstown, Vt., Dec.\\n10, 1847, and moved to Chicago in 60.\\nHe was educated in the public schools\\nand graduated at Harvard in 71.\\nHolds a high place as a member of the\\nChicago bar, served as South Town\\ncollector in 90; was a republican pres-\\nGEOKGK BAIS.S.\\nidential elector in 80, and was elected\\nto the senate in the fall of 90 by a\\nvote of 4,464 to 4,225 for Lawrence P.\\nBoyle, dem. Is not married. He takes\\nlittle interest in the lower strata of\\npolitics, and yet is reg arded by all ele\\nments as a safe leader in a campaign\\nConnnittees: Judiciary, warehouses, seiia\\ntorial apportionment, tinance and claUiis\\nmunieipalities, insurance, building and loan\\nassociations, corporations, world s fair, con\\ngressional apportionment, lici nse and mis\\ncellany.\\nBerry, Orville F., (rep.), Carthage;\\nlawyer. Born in McDonoug-h county,\\nFeb. 16, 1852, and was early left an\\norphan. He received a common school\\neducation, and at 16 beg an life s bat-\\ntle for himself, and after working- as a\\nfarm hand and running- a farm, he\\nremoved to Carthage, where he read\\nlaw; admitted to the bar in 77. In 79\\nformed a partnership with his brother\\nM. P., and they have had a very suc-\\ncessful practice ever since. In 83 he\\nwas elected mayor of Carthag-e and\\nwas twice re-elected without opposi-\\ntion. He was secretary of the Han-\\ncock county agricultural board for\\nfour years, and acted as superinten-\\ndent one year. He has been grand\\nmaster workman of the A. O. U. W. of\\nIllinois, and has been supreme repre-\\nsentative from Illinois at several ses-\\nsions of the supreme lodge. From the\\nsupreme lodge he has been delegate to\\nfraternal cong-resses. He is also a\\nModern Woodman and a Royal Arch\\nMason. Is married. Was elected to\\nthe senate in 88, and ag-ain in 92,\\nrunning ahead of his ticket both times;\\nin 92 he received 7,260 votes to 7,016\\nfor Edward L. Wolf, dem. In the leg-\\nislature of 91 he strong-ly advocated\\ncompulsory edttcation and the reten-\\ntion of the compulsory teaching- of\\nEng-lish in all the schools of the state,\\nand a vindictive fig-ht was made on\\nhim at the polls last year in conse-\\nquence.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, judicial depart-\\nment, railroads, corporations, charitable in-\\nstitutions, education, elections, senatorial\\napportionment, world s fair, canals and\\nrivers.\\nBogardus, Charles, (rep.) Paxton;\\nfarmer and stock raiser. Born in\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., March 28, 1841, and\\nleft an orphan at 6 years old. He had\\nto carve out his own future, succeed-\\ning- as the record shows. He was edu-\\ncated in the common schools and be-\\ng-an working- in a store at 12 years of\\nag-e. In 62 he enlisted in the I51st N.\\nY. Inf.; was elected first lieutenant,\\nand came out of the service as a lieu-\\ntenant-colonel, brevetted colonel for\\ngallant and meritorious services before\\nPetersburg. He came to Illinois in\\n72 and has since resided in Ford\\ncounty, dealing in lands and operat-\\nOKVILLK F. BERKY.\\ning many splendid farms and raising-\\nfine stock. Is married. He was a\\nmember of Gov. Oglesby s and subse-\\nquently Gov. Fifer s military staff,\\nwith the rank of colonel. He declined\\nto give the number of acres of land he\\nowns, but his Illinois holdings are not\\nfar from 5,000 acres, as learned from", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22\\nI^EGISIvATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nother sources. Was elected to the\\nhouse in 84 and 86, and to the senate\\nin 88 and 92. He is a man of g-reat\\nforce of character, indomitable energ-y\\nand quick business instinct, and no\\nCHAKLKS BOGARDUS\\nman in the general assembly is mora\\npopular or influential. He was chair-\\nman of the republican caucus in 87,\\nand chairman of the committee to\\nmake up the republican membership of\\nthe senate committees in 89 and 93.\\nCommittees: Revenue, penal and reforma-\\ntory, military, roads and bridges, senatorial\\napportionment, building and loan associa-\\ntions, world s fair, congressional apportion-\\nment, agriculture.\\nBrands, Albert L., (dem.), Prai-\\nrie du Rocher; physician. Born on\\nALBEHT L. BRANDS\\na farm in St. Genevieve Co., Mo.,\\nApril 26, 1856. He received a common\\nschool education, followed by a term\\nat DeSoto academy, Missouri. His\\nmedical education was obtained at the\\nMissouri Medical colleg-e in St. lyouis,\\ng-raduating in 80, and moved the same\\nyear to Ivy I^anding, Monroe, Co.,\\n111., and thence to his present home in\\nSept. 81. Is married. He has never\\nheld office before, and was elected in\\n92 to the state senate over James Bos-\\nton, rep., by a majority of 850. He is\\nconsistent in his opposition to any leg--\\nislation that will be likely to foster\\ntrusts or monopolies, and is a farmer\\nchampion.\\nCommittees: Expenses of the general as-\\nsembly (chairman), library, building and\\nloan associations, canals and rivers, mines\\nand mining, county and township organiza-\\ntion, senatorial apportionment, roads and\\nbridges, charitable institutions, appropria-\\ntions, education, military, penal and re-\\nformatory.\\nCaldwell, Ben F., (dem.), Chatham;\\nfarmer and banker. Born near Car-\\nBEN. F. CALDWELL.\\nronton. 111., Aug. 2, 1848, moving with\\nhis father to Sang^amon county in S3.\\nMost of his youth was spent on a farm;\\nwas educated in the Chatham schools.\\nAfter his marriage he made a tour of\\nEurope. He is a Past Master in Ma-\\nsonry, and has taken the 32d degree; is\\nan Elk and a Past Noble Grand in the\\nOdd Fellows. He was a member of\\nthe house in 83 and 85, and accom-\\nplished more for his constituents than\\nany representative the capitol district\\never had in the legislature. He has\\nserved two terms as member and one\\nas chairman of the county board of\\nsupervisors. He is one of the wealth-\\niest members of the leg-islature and is\\nin politics for recreation and to do\\ng ood. He is a very industrious and\\ninfluential member. His farming- in-\\nterests are very large. Is president of", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "LKOISr.ATlVK SOrVKNIK.\\n23\\nthe Farmers National bank of this\\ncity, of the Bank of Virden, and the\\nBank of Chathtini. During the session\\nof 91 he introduced and successfully\\nadvocated the bill rediicinj, the rate of\\ninterest from 8 to 7 per cent., notwith-\\nstandin he is a banker and capitalist.\\nHis popularity is attested by the fact\\nJAMES K. CAMPBELL.\\nthat he ran away ahead of his ticket\\nin 90, having- been elected senator\\nover P. H. Donnelly, rep. by 7,106 to\\n5,340 the district being- democratic by\\nabout 900.\\nomniitti i s: IJanks and banking (chair-\\nman), railroads, finance and claims, reve-\\nnue, insurance, corporations, public build-\\nings, printing, roads and bridges, senatorial\\napportionment, state library, agriculture,\\nmines and mining.\\nCampbell, James R., (dem.), Mc-\\nLeansboro; editor-lawj er. Born in\\nCrook township, Hamilton Co., May 4,\\n1853. His ancestors emig-rated from\\nCounty Armag-h, Ireland, and Crook\\ntownship was named after his great-\\ng-randfather. He was reared on a\\nfarm, educated at Notre Dame, and\\ntaught school after completing his ed-\\nucation. In the meantime he read law\\nand was admitted to the bar in 77.\\nIn 78 he purchased The McLeansboro\\nTimes, the only democratic paper in\\nthe countj and has since edited it, be-\\nsides being- an extensive breeder of\\nPercheron horses and a large land\\nowner. He was elected to the house in\\n84 and 86, and advanced to the senate\\nby a constituency that appreciated his\\nwork, in 88, and again in 92. In 85\\nhe rendered valuable assistance to\\nSpeaker Haines in selecting- the house\\ncommittees. In the senate in 91 he\\nintroduced and secured the passage of\\na bill reducing- one-third the maximum\\nprice on public printing, and making-\\nit impossible for a combination to con-\\ntrol the bidding- on state contracts.\\nHe has been energ-etic this year in an\\nendeavor to carry out the pledges of\\nthe democratic platform in reg-ard to\\ncovering- the interest on state monies\\ninto the treasur3\\nominittees: Printing (cliairman) fed-\\neral relations (chairman), judiciary, rail-\\nroads, revenue, insurance, charitable insti-\\ntutions, education, senatorial apportion-\\nment, agriculture, license and miscellany,\\ncounty and township organization.\\nChapman, Pleasant T., (rep.), Vi-\\nenna: lawyer and banker, was born in\\nJohnson county on a farm Oct. 8, 1854,\\nwhere he lived until he was 19 years\\nold. He g-raduated from McKendree\\ncollege in 76, and was admitted to the\\nbar at Mt. Vernon in 78. In 77 he\\nwas elected stiperintendent of Johnson\\ncounty s schools, and reappointed for\\na short term in 81; next year was\\nchosen county judg-e, and ag-ain in 86,\\nhis term expiritig Dec. 1, 90. In Nov.\\n90, he was elected to the senate, re-\\nceiving- 6,622 votes to 6,048 for C. M.\\nFarris, dem. He is married and is\\nlarg-ely interested in real estate and\\nfarms, besides being- president of the\\nFirst National bank of Vienna. He\\nlatight school during- vacations while\\nattending- college and for two years-\\nafterwards, and has been eng-ag-ed in.\\nPLEAS T. CHAPMAN.\\nbanking-, the law, mercantile business\\nand farming- for the past twelve j^ears\\nin Johnson county, meantime mixing-\\nin politics to some extent as the above\\nproves.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, railroads, reve-\\nnue, insurance, banks and banking, public\\nbuildings, roads and bridges, federal rela-\\ntions, senatorial apportionment.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24\\nI.EGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nCoon, Reuben W., (rep.), Waukeg-an;\\neditor and publisher. Born May 31,\\n1842 at Frankfort, Clinton Co., Ind.\\nIn 48 his father, who was a ininister,\\nmoved to Peoria Co., 111., where he re-\\nmained until 55, when he moved to\\nAlton, and here Senator Coon received\\nhis education at ShurtlefF Colleg-e. He\\nlived in Pana from 61 to 70, and in\\n69 was assistant secretary of the state\\nsenate. While in Pana he practiced\\nlaw, and had one-half interest in The\\nGazette. In 70 he moved to Belvidere\\nand bought The Belvidere Northwest-\\nern, which he owned and made very\\ninfluential until 85 when he sold it and\\nbought The Waukegan Gazette, one of\\nthe best country papers in the state,\\nand one of the most powerful republi-\\ncan organs in Northern Illinois. He\\nwas states attorney of Boone county\\nfrom 80 to 84, and was elected to the\\nKKUiSEN-W. COON.\\nsenate in 92 by a vote of 8,143 to 4,764\\nfor Charles N. Smith, dem. He has\\nalways been a republican and active in\\nall campaigns.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, appropriations,\\nmunicipalities, banks and banking, printing,\\nsenatorial apportionment, building and loan\\nassociations, worlds fair, revenue, enrolled\\nand engrossed bills, joint committee on en-\\nrolled and engrossed bills.\\nCoppinger, John W., (dem.), Alton;\\nstone contractor. Born in Alton Jan.\\n12, 1852, and was educated in the pub-\\nlic schools of Alton, St. Mary s College,\\nPerry ville. Mo., and at Notre Dame.\\nHe read law and was admitted to the\\nbar in 72. He has been mayor of\\nAlton. Is married. He is popular\\nwith his colleagues and has a very\\nextensive and valuable acquaintance\\nthroughout the state. He was elected\\nto the house in 86, and to the senate\\nin 90. In the session of 91 he intro-\\nduced a bill and was largely instru-\\nmental in securing its enactment re-\\npealing the Merritt Conspiracy Act.\\nHe was chosen president pro tem of the\\nJOHN W. COPPINGER.\\nsenate this year by the unanimous\\nvoice of the democratic caucus, and\\nwhile Lieut. Gov. Gill was acting\\ngovernor, filled the chair in the senate\\nwith dignity and satisfaction.\\nCommittees: Mines and mining (cliair-\\nmaii), rules, judicial department, railroads,\\nmunicipalities, military, elections, congres-\\nsional apportionment, canals and rivers,\\nlabor and manufactures.\\nCraig, Isaac B., (dem.), Mattoon;\\nlawyer. Born in Coles county April\\n28, 1857. He was educated in the pub-\\nlic schools and at Ann Arbor. He has\\nbeen a very successful practitioner at\\nMattoon for twelve years. He has\\nj.lways taken great interest in politics,", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "ivEGi,si ATiv:c sonvKNiK.\\n25\\nand has filled various local offices. He\\nwas elected to the house in 88, and\\nag ain in 90, and jjronioted to the sen-\\nate in 92, running- ahead of his ticket,\\nthe district beinj;- republican on the\\nhead of the ticket. Is married. Was\\nchairman of the caucus, and appointed\\nthe steering committee of democrats\\nthat manag-ed the Palmer contest for\\nUnited States senator in 91. He is a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2member of the same committee in the\\nsenate this year, and is one of the\\ndemocratic leaders on the floor. Mr.\\nCraig is an earnest and effective orator,\\nand one of the best members of the\\nsenate.\\nCommittees: Corporations (chairman), ju-\\ndiciary, judicial department, revenue, ap-\\npropriations, insurance, senatorial appor-\\ntionment, building and loan associations,\\nstate library-arts and sciences, county and\\ntownship orjjanization.\\nCrawford, William F., (rep.), Taylor\\nRidge, Rock Island Co.; farmer. Born\\nin Clark Co., Ind., July 7, 1835, and\\nmoved to Rock Island county with his\\nparents in 42. His father died when\\nhe was 8 years old, and he went out to\\nwork on a farm, receiving only $6 a\\nmonth. He continued this until he\\nwas 18, when he was able to make a\\nfull hand. During this time he at-\\ntended the district schools as best he\\ncould. He is married and is a success-\\nful farmer, owning 320 acres of splen-\\ndid land which he accumulated b} his\\nWILLlAiM C KA\\\\VFUUL\\nown industry. He has held various\\nlocal offices of minor importance, and\\nvi^as elected to the house in 86 and 88,\\nand promoted to the senate in 90, re-\\nceiving 7,720 votes to 6,309 for R. H.\\nHinman, dem. He enlisted in the\\narmy in Aug. 61 in the 9th 111. Cav.,\\nand served over three years. He par-\\nticipated in the battle of Tupelo and\\nsaw a great deal of hard service. He\\nis a strong representative of the far-\\nmers interests in the legislature.\\nCommittees: Expenses of the general as-\\nsemby, corporations, charitable institutions,\\npublic buildings, roads and bridges, federal\\nrelations, canals and rivers, agriculture,\\nmines and mining, county and township\\norganization.\\nHENRY M. DUNLAP.\\nDunlap, Henry fl., (rep.), Savoy;\\nfarmer and fruit grower, was born in\\nCook county, Nov. 14, 1853, and four\\nyears later his parents moved to Savoy,\\nwhere he has lived ever since. He\\nwas educated in the University of Illi-\\nnois at Urbana, graduating in the\\nclass of 75 in the scientific course. Is\\nmarried and owns 320 acres of land,\\n200 of which are in bearing apple\\norchards. Represented for six years\\nChampaign township on the county\\nboard, has been president of the State\\nHorticultural society, and is a K. P. in\\ngood standing. He takes great inter-\\nest in all matters pertaining to agri-\\nculture and horticultvxre.\\nCommittees: Appropriations, revenue, ag-\\nriculture, roads and bridges, county and\\ntownship organization, banks and banking,\\nwaterways and drainage, penal and reform-\\natory, fees and salaries, building and loan\\nassociations.\\nEvans, Henry H., (rep.), Aurora;\\nreal estate capitalist. The oldest mem-\\nbsr of the legislature in consecutive\\nservice. Born in Toronto, Canada.\\nMarch 9, 1836, and moved to Aurora in\\n41. Mr. Evans father was for ten\\nyears foreman of the car building\\nshops of the Burlington system Is\\nmarried. Was elected to the house in\\n76 and to the senate in 80, 84, 88, 92,\\nthe last time by a vote of 10,278 to 7,929\\nfor Chester D. Bartlett, dem. Was the", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26\\nI^EGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nrepublican nominee for president pro-\\ntena, is by virtue of it the leader of his\\nparty, and as such was conceded a\\nchairmanship with clerk and room\\nwhere his party colleagues can retire\\nfor consultation. Is financially inter-\\nested in real estate and corporate prop-\\nerty to a larg-e extent. He is one of\\nthe most influential members, and is\\nreg-arded as a man of ability. Opposed\\nthe election of Streeter to the U. S.\\nsenate in 91 by the republicans and\\nrefused to vote for him, although will-\\ning- to abide by caucus action if a\\nstraig-ht-out republican was selected.\\nHis constituents endorsed his position\\nby retitrning- him to the senate in 92\\nby an increased majority.\\nCommittees: State library-arts and scien\\nces (chairman), railroads, revenue, insur\\nance, corporations, banks and banking-\\nprinting, military, building- and loan associ\\natlons, agriculture, license and miscellany\\nHKNKY H. EVANS.\\nFarmer, William M., (dem.), Van-\\ndalia; lawyer. Born in Fayette county,\\nJune 5, 1853; lived on a farm and at-\\ntended district school until he was 18\\nyears old, when he entered McKendree\\ncollege. Then he taught school and\\nbegan reading law in the office of\\nHenry Fouke in Vandalia. In 75\\nhe entered the Union College of I^aw\\nin Chicago in the junior class and\\ngraduated next year. He was imme-\\ndiately admitted to the bar and began\\nactive work as a lawyer in Vandalia,\\nwhere he has met with almost pheno-\\nmenal success. For ten years he has\\nbeen senior member of the firin Farmer\\nBrown. In 80 was elected states\\nattorney, and in 88 to the house, his\\nconstituents promoting him to the sen-\\nate in 90, although his district was the\\nhotbed of the F. M. B. A. movement in\\nthat year, and a tremendous effort was\\nmade to defeat him. He is deservedly\\npopular and is one of the leaders in the\\nsenate. His tastes run in the way of\\nWILLIAM M. FAKMER.\\njudicial honors rather than political\\noffice.\\nCommittees: Judiciary (chairman), judi-\\ncial department, expenses of general assem-\\nbly, banks and banking, building and loan\\nassociations, state library, agriculture, con-\\ngressional apportionment, world s fair. I\\nFerguson, Virgil S., (rep.), Sterling;\\nlawyer. Born in Lawrence Co., Ind.,\\nSept. 18, 1844. Five years later his\\nfather, who was a descendent of one\\nof five brothers who emigrated from\\nScotland before the revolutionary war.\\nVIKGIL S. FERGUSON.\\nlocated in Whiteside county, and en-\\ngaged in farming on a large scale.\\nSenator Ferguson attended the public\\nschools and graduated from the law", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "I.K( .rSI,ATIVK SOl VKXIK.\\n27\\ndepartment of the University of Chi-\\ncago in 68; was admitted to the bar\\nthe same year, and has since been\\nin successful practice in Sterling-. Is\\nmarried. He is a strong- advocate\\nof compulsory education, and just\\nas strong-ly in favor of the teaching- of\\nEnglish in all the schools. He served\\non the board of supervisors for ten\\nyears or more; is now and has been\\nfor fifteen years on the board of edu-\\ncation; was elected to the senate in 90\\nby a vote of 5,711 to 4,449 for J. M.\\nEaton, dem. He never missed a roll\\ncall for II. S. senator in 91, although\\nso ill part of the time that his life was\\ndespaired of by his friends and physi-\\ncians. He is a g-ood representative,\\nfaithful and prompt in his attendance.\\nCommittees: Judichiry, judicial depart-\\nment, appropriations, penal and reforma-\\ntory, education, world s fair, congressional\\napportionment, canals and rivers, mines\\nand minintf.\\nFord, Thomas E., (dem.), Carlyle;\\nlawyer. Born on a farm in Clinton\\ncounty, May 24, 1848. His father was\\na member of the assembly of 63 a\\ndemocrat, of course. From a news-\\npaper in his district it is learned that\\nSenator Ford s history is that of one\\nof the most remarkable men in Illinois,\\nillustrating- the wonderfvil qualities of\\npioneer manhood. Born and reared on\\na farm, with most meag-er opportuni-\\nties for learning, he somehow con-\\nTHOMAS E. FORU.\\ntrived to acquire a fair editcation. As\\na youth he was a leader in local debat-\\ning societies, which led to an extensive\\npractice before justices of the peace of\\nthe vicinity, and afterwards to a large\\nlaw practice; admitted to the bar in\\n79. He has begn active in politics\\nsince 74, aud has held various local\\noffices. Is married. Was elected to\\nthe senate in 92 over J. H. Fricke,\\nrep., by a vote of 5,711 to 4,877.\\nCommittees: Education (chairman) judi-\\nciary, judicial department, railroads, finance\\nand claims, revenue, puljlic buildings, fees-\\nand salaries, pi inting, military building and\\nloan associations, world s fair, congres-\\nsional apportionment, agriculture.\\nKEED GREEN.\\nGreen, Reed, (dem.), Cairo; lawyer.\\nBorn in Mt. Vernon, 111., Sept. 22,\\n1865, and educated in the Southern\\nIllinois Normal University On com-\\npleting his education he taug-ht school\\nfor two years in Cairo. He attended\\nthe Wesley an I^aw School at Bloom-\\nington, g-raduating in 84, was admit-\\nted to the bar the same year, and has.\\n])racticed since he was 21 years old,\\nmeeting- with decided success. He is\\nat present a member of the law firm of\\nGreen Gilbert, of Cairo, one of the\\noldest and most famous in all Eg-ypt.\\nHe was elected to the house in 88, re-\\nturned in 90, and advanced to the sen-\\nate with no effort on his own part to\\nsecure the nomination in 92, receiving-\\n7,205 votes to 6,465 for J. E. N. Ed-\\nwards, rep. He was chairman of the\\nhouse committee on elections in 91,\\nand practically drafted the present\\nAustralian electioti law. He is one of\\nthe most eloquent and forcible speak-\\ners in the leg-islature, and a leader on\\nthe floor. Is not married. Senator\\nGreen made an exceptionally brilliant\\nrecord while in the house in 89- 91.\\nCommittees: Roads, highways and bridges-\\n(chairman) visit educational institvitions\\n(chairman), judiciary, railroads, municipali-\\nties, insurance, education, elections, build-\\ning and loan associations, congressional ap-\\nportionment, labor, license, county and\\ntownship organization-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28\\nIvEGISLATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nHamer, Thomas, (rep.), Vermont; re-\\ntired merchant. The oldest member\\nof the general assembly. Was born in\\nUnion Co., Penn., June 1, 1818, and in\\n46 he moved to Illinois and established\\nhimself in business in Vermont. Re-\\nceived a common school education. Is\\nmarried. In August, 62, he assisted\\nin recruiting- the 84th Illinois regiment,\\nand was made lieutenant-colonel. He\\n^wa.s wounded in the left breast and\\nshoulder at Stone River, but the\\nw^otxnds healing over, he continued in\\nactive service tintil they broke out and\\nincapacitated him for further service.\\nHe returned home and resumed busi-\\nness until 78, when he retired. He\\nw^as offered the place of post com-\\nmander at Franklin, Tenn., but he de-\\nclined, preferring home to anything\\nbut service in the field. He was elect-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ed to the house in 86 and to the senate\\nTHOMAS HAMER.\\nin 88 and 92, the last time receiving\\n10,704 votes to 8,298 for Levi K. Byers,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0dem. He is highly respected by his\\n-colleagues-.\\nCommittees: Charitable institutions, pub-\\nlic buildings and grounds, military, visit\\ncharitable institutions, waterways and\\ndrainage, congressional apportionment,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2canals and rivers, mines and mining, labor\\nand manufactures.\\nHigbee, Harry, (dem.), Pittsfield;\\nlawyer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 13,\\n1854, the son of the late Judge Chaun-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2cey Lr. Higbee. Finished his educa-\\ntion at Yale, entering in 71 and grad-\\nuating in 75, and completed his law\\nstudies at the Columbia I^aw School,\\nNew York, and the Union College of\\nIvaw, Chicago, from which he gradu-\\nated in 78. He then traveled in Fu-\\nTope for nine months accompanied by\\nCongress-man Scott Wike, and on re-\\nturning formed a law partnership with\\nMr. Wike, which still exists. Was\\nmarried in 79, and lost his wife in 81.\\nHas held various local offices, and was\\nelected to the senate in 88 and again\\nHAEliT HIGBEE.\\nin 92, running ahead of his ticket\\neach time. He is largely interested in\\nfarm lands. Is chairman of the demo-\\ncratic senate caucus, and the leader of\\nhis party on the floor. Is strong in\\ndebate, an indefatigable worker, a\\ngood parliamentarian and very popu-\\nlar with political friend and foe.\\nCommittees: Appropriations (chairnaan),\\njudiciary, banks and banking, fees and sal-\\naries, state library, world s fair, congres-\\nsional apportionment, canals and rivers,\\nagriculture.\\nVINTON E. HOWELL.\\nHowell, Vinton E., (rep.), Blooming-\\nton; farmer, was born in Licking Co.,\\nO., Nov. 30, 1840. and moved to Mc-\\nLean county in 52. He was educated", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "I.HOISI.ATIVE SOUVKNIK.\\n29\\nin the coniinon schools, with one term\\nin the Normal college. When the war\\nbroke out he enlisted in Co. C, 33d 111.\\nInf., and served over three years.\\nAfter the war he eng-ag-ed in farming\\nand stock raising, in which he has\\nbeen very successful. He was elected\\nsheriff of McLean county in 86 for\\nfour years without opposition. He has\\nbeen a member of the county board for\\nfive years, is married and owns consid-\\nerable land. He was elected to the\\nsenate in 92 over his old neighbor,\\nHon. Simeon H. West, dem., bv a vote\\nof 7,391 to 6,478. Senator Howell is a\\nhard worker in the senate, and informs\\nhimself of the merits of every bill that\\nconies up.\\nConuiiittecs: Revenue, municipalities, fees\\nand suUirles, state institutions, roads and\\nbridges, building and loan associations,\\nvisit penal and refortuatory institutions.\\nHumphrey, John, (rep.), Orland;\\nlawver. Born in the countv of Nor-\\nfolk, England, June 20, 1838, and was\\nbroug-ht to this countrj b^^ his parents\\na lad of ten years. The family settled\\nin Cook county, where he received a\\ncommon school education. He read\\nlaw in the office of Hon. James P.\\nRoot, and was admitted to the bar in\\n72. He has lived in Orland for many\\nyears, and practices his profession\\nwith an office in Chicago. Is married\\nand owns 280 acres of land in Cook\\ncounty. He has been treasurer of Or-\\nland for twentj years and supervisor\\nJOHN HOMrHKEr.\\nfor twenty-four years. He was once a\\nbailiff under Sheriff Bradley. He was\\nelected to the house in 70, also in 80,\\nand again in 84, and was advanced to\\nthe senate in 86, and returned in 90 in\\nthe face of a determined opposition, b}\\na vote of 8,772 to 7,939 for Louis Wag-\\nner, dem. Senator Humphrey s long\\nservice has not been without recogni-\\ntion, for he is on the most desirable\\ncommittees. He is one of the most in-\\nfluential members.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, judicial depart-\\nment, railroads, warchonscs, municipal-\\nities, senatorial api)i)rtii)nnicnt, w atciways\\nand drainage, congressional ai)portionment,\\nlicense and miscellany.\\nDANIEL D. HUNT.\\nHunt, Daniel D., (rep.), DeKalbr\\nfarmer. Born Sept. 19, 1835, in Wy-\\noming Co., N. Y., and came to DeKalb\\ncounty in 57. For the last twenty\\nyears he has been a successful farmer\\nand has held various local offices, such\\nas supervisor, school trustee, etc. He\\nwas educated in the public schools. Is\\nmarried. Was elected to the house in\\n86 and 88, and to the senate in 90.\\nIn the last senate he was chairman of\\nthe committees on agriculture, horti-\\nculture and farm drainage and live\\nstock and dairying. He has at all\\ntimes served his state and district\\ncreditably, and has introduced and se-\\ncured the passage of numerous import-\\nant measures. Was the champion of\\nthe dairy interest in both house and\\nsenate.\\nCommittees: .Judicial department, insur-\\nance, corporations, fees and salaries, sena-\\ntorial apportionment, building and loan\\nassociations, world s fair, mines and mining,\\nlabor and manufactures, county and town-\\nship organization.\\nHunter, David, (rep.), Rockford; far-\\nmer. Was born in Wyoming Co., N.\\nY., Jan. 15, 1836, and came to Illinois\\nwith his parents in 44. His father\\nsettled on a farm six miles from Rock-\\nford, which Mr. Hunter still occupies.\\nHe was for three years a private in Co.\\nC. 15th 111. Inf., enlisting May 24, 61.\\nHe was educated in the common.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nIvEGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nschools of pioneer Illinois; is married,\\nand owns 160 acres of Winnebag O\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0county land. He has held various\\nminor offices, and has been continu-\\nously a member of the Illinois leg isla-\\nture since 84, when he was elected to\\nthe house, and was returned in 86, 88,\\n90, and in 92 he was advanced to the\\nsenate. Senator Evans and Speaker\\nCrafts are the only two members who\\nhave served longer continuously, while\\nSenators Campbell, Bog-ardus and Ma-\\nhoney began in the house the same\\nsession as himself. He is one of the\\nbest members of the legislature, and\\nis always present during sessions.\\nCommittees: Revenue, penal and reform-\\natory, municipalities, military, elections,\\nagriculture, county and township organiza-\\ntion, flnance and claims.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l\\nf,\\nI,\\n1\\nj|k^ r^\\nDAVID HDNTER.\\nJohnson, C. Porter, (dem.), Chicago;\\nlawyer. Born in Vermilion Co., 111.,\\nAug\\\\ 15, 1866. His path was not\\nstrewn with roses in early life, and\\nevery step on the ladder has been\\nearned b} hard work and close appli-\\ncation. His ability as a lawyer and\\nhis usefulness as a legislator were not\\nadvertised in advance of his time.\\nThis is his first public office, and he is\\nalready recognized as one of the most\\nfluent public speakers and the equal in\\ndebate bf any senator. He was educa-\\nted at Ivce s Academy in Coles county,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 87,\\nopening an office in Chicago the same\\nyear, and has a large and profitable\\npractice. He was town attorney for\\nthe Town of I^ake in 90, and in 92\\nwas tendered the nomination for con-\\ngress, but declined, and was elected\\nsenator from the Second district,\\nwhich gave an overwhelming republi-\\ncan majority for Harrison in 88, re-\\nceiving 28,326 votes to 27,367 for Perry\\nA. Hull, rep.\\nCommittees: Enrolled and engrossed bills\\n(chairman), elections (chairman), joint com-\\nV. PORTEK JOHNSON.\\nmittee on enrolled and engrossed bills\\n(chairman), judiciary, railroads, revenue,\\nmunicipalities, banks and banking, penal\\niind reformatory, visit charitable institu-\\ntions, world s fair, congressional apportion-\\nment, agriculture.\\nKnopf, Philip, (rep.), Chicago; real\\nestate and loans. Born at Ivong\\nGrove, Lake Co., 111., Nov. 18, 1847,\\nand moved to Chicago in 66. He was\\neducated in the public schools and at\\nBryant Stratton s Business College,\\nwhere he spent one year. Is married.\\nPHILIP KNOPF.\\nIn the spring of 65 he enlisted in Co.\\nI, 147th 111. Inf., when not quite 16\\nyears old. He was elected to the sen-\\nate in 86 and re-elected in 90 by a", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "I,EGISLATIVI SOl VKNIK.\\n31\\nvote of 7,209 to 5,782 for Thomas J.\\nDiven, deni. He was chief deputy cor-\\noner of Cook county for eig-ht years\\nunder Henry L. Hertz. Has taken\\nprominent part in all leg-islation, par-\\nAKTHDK A. LEEPER.\\nticularly as affecting- Cook county; he\\nis always in attendance.\\nP5C )iiiinlttees: Judicial department, educa-\\ntion, ralh-oads, municipalities, fees and sal-\\naries, military, federal relations, waterways\\nand drainage, congressional apportionment,\\nlicense and miscellany.\\nLeeper, Arthur A., (dem.), Virg-inia;\\nlawj er. Born on a farm near Chand-\\nlerville, Cass county, Aug. 21, 1855.\\nHe was educated in the common schools\\nand at Eureka Colleg-e, and graduated\\nfrom the law department of the State\\nGEORGB R. I/ETODKNKAU.\\nUniversity at Iowa City in 75. Is\\nmarried. Senator Leeper was states\\nattorney of Cass county from 76 to\\n80, and was elected state senator in\\n88 for four years, and was re-elected\\nin 92 by a vote of 7,998 to 5,979 for W.\\nM. Grimwood, rep. The Senator is a\\nman of firmness and recog^nized ability\\nas a lawyer and parliamentary tacti-\\ncian. He stands high with his col-\\nleag ues in the senate, and was chosen\\nchairman of the committee on rail-\\nroads this session but declined.\\nCouHiiittees: Railroads, judiciary, judicial\\ndepartment, corporations, insurance, rules,\\nroads and bridges, canals and rivera, sena-\\ntorial apportionment.\\nLetourneau, George R., (rep.), Kan-\\nkakee; lumber and coal dealer, retired.\\nBorn in St. Thomas, Canada, Feb. 2S,\\n1833, and in 47 came alone to Illinois.\\nAfter remaining a 3 ear in Chicago, he\\ncaught the gold fever and struck across\\nthe plains for California. In 52 he re-\\nturned and settled at Bourbonnais\\nGrove, then in Will county, now in\\nJOSEPH p. MAHONEY.\\nKankakee, where he remained until\\n83, when he moved to Kankakee. He\\nreceived a g-ood common school educa-\\ntion. He was elected circuit clerk in\\n72, sheriff in 82, and county treasurer\\nin 86, and in 92 was elected senator,\\nreceiving- 7,387 votes to 6,672 for A. Iv.\\nGrang-er, dem. Is married but lost his\\nwife six years ag -o. He has had twelve\\nchildren and all are living.\\nCommittees: Railroads, appropriations,\\npublic buildings, canals and rivers, license\\nand miscellany, mines and mining, labor and\\nmanufactures printing, county and town-\\nship organization.\\nriahoney, Joseph P., (dem.), Chicago;\\nlawyer. Born in Osweg-o, N. Y., Nov.\\n1, 1863, and moved to Chicag-o with his\\nparents in 66. He was educated in\\nthe public schools and g-raduated at the\\nWest Side hig-h school. Then he read\\nlaw in the office of Hon. John N. Jew-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32\\nIvEGISLATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nett, and was admitted to the bar in 84,\\nand elected the same year to the house,\\nbeing 21 years of age the Saturday pre-\\nceding election day. He was re-elected\\nto the house in 86 and 88, and ad-\\nvanced to the senate in 90 by a vote of\\n7,946 to 3,707 for James Monahan, rep.\\nHe is one of the oldest members of the\\nlegislature in continuous service. Is\\nnot married. Senator Mahoney is one\\nof the readiest debaters and best par-\\nliamentarians in the state; quick in re-\\ntort and apt in repartee. He was ap-\\npointed to the board of education in\\nChicago last year by Mayor Wash-\\nburn, but resigned. He has an exten-\\nsive law practice and is very success-\\nful in his profession.\\nCommittees Penal and reformatory (chair-\\nman) jvidiciary, warehouses, appropria-\\ntions, municipalities, insurance, corpora-\\ntions, banks and banking, education, elec-\\ntions, senatorial apportionment, world s\\nfair, waterways and drainage, license and\\nmiscellany.\\nrianecke, Harmon, (dem.), Oakley,\\nMacon Co.; farmer. Born in Hancock\\nCo., O., Dec. 16, 1850, and at 11 years\\nof age was left an orphan. He worked\\non a farm and attended district school\\nand the high school at Fostoria sev-\\neral terins. In 68 he moved to Macon\\ncounty and worked as a farm hand un-\\ntil 72, when he commenced farming\\nfor himself. Was elected town clerk\\nof Oakley in 74 and served three terms\\nand has represented his township on\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0L\\nC\\nir\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H\\n%3fc- ^^H\\n*i\\nHARMON MANiSCKE.\\nthe board of supervisors for eleven\\nterms. Is married. Was elected to\\nthe senate in 90 by a majority of over\\n1,000, although the district was strongly\\nrepublican, receiving 6,927 votes to\\n5,902 for James Milliken, rep. In 72\\nhe became a democrat, when war taxes\\nand protective tariffs were first dis-\\ncussed since the war. There is no more\\nconscientious nor industrious inember\\nof the legislature.\\nCommittees: Agricvilture (chairman), ju-\\ndicial department, appropriations, munici-\\npalities, charitable institutions., railroads,\\nroads and bridges, congressional apportion-\\nment, mines and mining, county and town-\\nship organization.\\nWILLIAM A. MUSSETT.\\nMussett, William A., (rep.), Gray-\\nville; teacher. Born in Grayville Jan.\\n2, 1865, and educated at the Danville\\n(Ind.) Normal and the Indiana Univer-\\nsity at Bloomington, graduating as\\nthe president of the class of 89, and\\nwas second in the oratorical contest of\\nthat year. Was superintendent of the\\nGrayville schools from 89 to 92, and\\nbrought theiTL up to a high point of\\nefficiency. Is not married. He has\\nmade a particularly good impression\\non the senators, and will ultimately\\nmake the law his profession. Was\\nelected to the senate in 92, receiving\\n6,964 votes to 6,198 for the old veteran\\npolitician and democratic war horse,\\nJames C. Allen a decided compliment\\nto Mr. Mussett s popularity and ability.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, ware-\\nhouses, expenses of general assembly, cor-\\nporations, education, elections, senatorial\\napportionment, to visit educational institu-\\ntions, state library.\\nNiehaus, John fl., (dem.), Peoria;\\nlawyer, was born in Warendorf West-\\nphalia, Feb. 15, 1855. The Senator s\\nfather, who was a hardware merchant\\nin the old country, emigrated to\\nAmerica the same year and the fam-\\nil3^ followed a year later, stopping first\\nat Pittsburg for a year and then re-\\nmoving to Peoria, where the family\\nhas lived ever since. John M. was", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "I.EOISLATIVK SOUVKNI K.\\n33\\neducated principally in i)rivate Ger-\\nman schools, having- special instruc-\\ntion in Latin and the classics; he also\\nspent a term in a business collejjfe.\\ngraduatinj, in 71. Read law with\\n.JOHN M. NIEHAUS.\\nO Brien Harmon, was admitted to\\nthe bar in 74, and began practice in\\n77. Was elected to the house in 80\\nand was chosen state s attorney of\\nPeoria county in 83 to fill an unex-\\npired term, being- re-elected in 84 and\\nagain in 88; elected senator in 92.\\nConiiiiittees Congressional apportion-\\nment (ehairnian), judiciary, warehouses,\\nrevenue, municipalities, penal and reforma-\\ntory, fees and salaries, building and loan as-\\nsociations, world s fair, waterways and\\ndrainage, canals and rivers, agriculture.\\nh:l AKI) T. NOONAN.\\nNoonan, Edward T., (dem.), Chicago.\\nBorn in Macomb, 111., October 23, 1861.\\nHis father, an officer under Sherman,\\nwas killed in the battle of Atlanta.\\nHe moved to Chicago with his mother\\nin 68, and now resides at 398 Washing-\\nton boulevard. Received the degree\\nof L. L. B. from the University of\\nMichigan, and read law with Judge\\nVan H. Higgins, and Hon. C. C. Bon-\\nney. Was admitted to the bar in 82,\\nand is now engaged in the practice of\\nreal estate and corporation law. Was\\nappointed aid-de-camp, with rank as\\ncolonel, on the staff of Governor Alt-\\ngeld. Is president of the Building\\nSociety Secretaries Club, and is a\\nmember of the Iroquois, Ashland,\\nWhite Chapel and Sheridan clubs of\\nChicago, and is not married. Was\\nthe first democratic senator ever elect-\\ned from his district and was one of the\\nnoble 101\\nSenator Noonan is a member of sev-\\neral important committees.\\nANDREW .1. O CONOK.\\nO Conor, Andrew J., (dem.), LaSalle;\\nlawj er. Born in LaSalle, Juh 19,\\n1852, and received his education in the\\nschools of that city and at Niagara\\nCollege. Taught school two years\\nand read law at the same time; was\\nadmitted to practice in 76. He formed\\na law partnership with Hon. James W.\\nDuncan, whose sister he married the\\nsame year. The partnership con-\\ntinued until 86, when Mr. Duncan\\nmoved to Chicago. Mr. O Conor has\\nthe faculty of attracting to him friends\\nwho are with him to the death. Has\\nheld minor offices at home, mayor, city\\nattorney, school treasurer, etc., and\\nwhen he entered the senate in 91 he\\nassumed a commanding position as\\ndemocratic leader. Senator O Conor\\npossesses the confidence of Governor\\nAltgeld probably more than any other\\nman outside the governor s family.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nand had a g^reat deal to do with shap-\\ning- the work of the last democratic\\nstate convention, and he could have\\nhad the nomination for attorney g^en-\\neral in 92 without asking- for it.\\nCoimnittees: NA^orld s Columbian exposi-\\ntion (chairman), labor and manufactures\\n(chairman), iuclieiary, judicial department,\\nappropriations, penal and reformatorj\\neducation, federal relations, elections, con-\\ngressional apportionment, canals and ri-vers,\\nmines and mining.\\nO Malley, John F., (dera.), Chicago;\\nclerk. Born in Chicago, April 12, 1860.\\nEducated in Chicago s public schools.\\nBegan earning a living for himself in\\nthe coal yards of the north side, and\\nafterwards entered into partnership in\\nthe sale of coal with Mr. MuUins. Is\\nnot married. Was elected supervisor\\nfor the North Town in 84, and was re-\\nelected in 85. For several years he\\nwas clerk in the office of North Town\\nAssessor Samuel B. Chase. He is a\\nstaunch deinocrat and never wavered\\nin his fidelity to Gen. Palmer during\\nthe senatorial fight of 91. Was elected\\nstate senator in 90 over Michael F.\\nGarrity, rep. by a vote of 5,218 to 3,035.\\nSenator O Malley is one of the best\\nworkers in the democratic party in\\nCook county, and is generally a winner\\nCommittees: Warehouses (chairman), ju-\\ndicial department, expenses of the general\\nassembly, corporations, charitable institu-\\ntions, penal and reformatory, public build-\\nJOHN F. O MALLEY.\\nings, federal relations, senatorial apportion-\\nment, world s fair, license and miscellany,\\nlabor and manufactures.\\nPaisley, George W., (dem.), Hills-\\nboro; farmer, coal operator and law-\\n3 er, was born in Montgomery county,\\nMarch 1, 1838, and was educated in the\\ncommon schools and at Hillsboro\\nAcademy. Entered the army in 62\\nand served three years in Co. I, 122d\\n111. Inf., and on his return from the\\nwar was elected county surveyor.\\nThen he studied law and was admitted\\nin 70, and practiced for about six\\nyears, when he founded The Mont-\\ngomery News, a democratic news-\\npaper of wide influence. Was chosen\\nGEORGE W. PAISLEY.\\ninaster in chancery and served from\\n68 to 79. Was elected to the house in\\n80, and in 85 was appointed one of\\nthree inspectors of surveyors of the\\ngeneral and district land offices by\\nPresident Cleveland, and resigned in\\nMay 89, after opening one of the land\\noffices in Oklahoma. Is married. Is\\none of the best posted men in Illinois\\non revenue and taxation questions. Is\\na careful and indvtstrious member, of\\npronounced ability, arid was elected to\\nthe senate by a vote of 7,331 to 5,842\\nfor W. W. Weeden, rep.\\nCommittees: Rules (chairman), revenue\\n(chairman), judiciary, appropriations, cor-\\nporations, printing, visit educational insti-\\ntutions, congressional appoi tionment, mines\\nand mining.\\nReavill, Andrew J., (dem.). Flat\\nRock, Crawford Co.; farmer and stock-\\nman. Born Dec. 24, 1834, on the farm\\nhe now owns, one mile and one-half\\nfrom Flat Rock. His father located\\nthere in 17, and nobody will dispute\\nSenator Reavill s claim as a pioneer of\\nthe state. Senator Reavill s education\\nwas limited to the rudiments of learn-\\ning, taught in the district schools of\\nthat primitive time. Is married. Was\\na member of the house in 77 and 79,\\nand chosen to represent his district in\\nthe senate in 86 and again in 90. The\\nsenator has been a life-long democrat,\\nand enjoys the confidence of his con-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "I,i:C.ISI.ATlVIC SorVKNIK.\\n35\\nstitueiits. Ho has accumulated a coiii-\\npeteiicY by close application, uutirini^\\niiulustrN and shrewdness. Was one of\\nthe most important fig ures and did not\\na little to insure the election of Gen.\\nKEAVII.L,\\nPalmer to the senate in 91. He is a\\nquiet, unostentatious, yet a very shrewd\\nmember.\\nConiuiittees County and township organi-\\nzation (cluiirnian), railroads, warehouses\\nfinance and claims, expenses of general as\\nsenibly, Insuranee, Ijanks and banlsing\\npenal and reformatory, roails and bridges\\nsenatorial apportionnient, world s fair, ag\\nriculture.\\nSalomon, floses, (dem.), lawyer and\\nmanufacturer. Born in Peoria, Dec.\\n13, 18,S7, and four years later his father\\nMOSES SALOMON.\\nmoved to Chicago with his famil}\\nWas educated in the common schools\\nand at the Union College of Law in\\nChicago, after which he read law in\\nAllen C. Story s office and was admit-\\nted to the bar in 80. Is not married.\\nIs president of the Chicago Architec-\\ntural Iron Works, one of the largest\\nindustries of its kind in the United\\nSates; 150 men are employed. Is in-\\nterested in legislation that will pro-\\ntect the people from the greed of mon-\\nopolies and trusts, and advocates the\\nopening of all markets to fair com-\\npetition, and just and equal taxation.\\nSenator Salomon is ver^ popular\\natnong his constituents, having been\\nelected in 92 in a strong republican\\ndistrict, the first democrat to break\\nthe republican majority, receiving\\n12,721 votes to 11,691 for Alexander\\nWhite, rep.\\nCommittees: Insuranee (eliairman; judi-\\nciary, railroads, corporations, pul)lie l)uild-\\nings, federal relations, congressional ai)por-\\ntionment. li(H!nse and miscellany, labor and\\nmanufactures, municipalities, revenue.\\nTHOMAS U. SUEKIUAN.\\nSheridan, Thomas H., (rep.), Gol-\\nconda; lawyer. Born in Pope county\\nDec. 16, 1860, and has had a hard row\\nto hoe, but is now past the rockiest\\npart of the journey of life. The sen-\\nator s father died when he was 6 years\\nold, leaving a widow and six children,\\ntwo girls and four boys. It is said that\\nhe was born in a cave, and Pope county\\nhas many of them, his father being too\\npoor to build a log hut on their rocky\\ntract of land. About the time of the\\nfather s death the mother with her de-\\npendent little ones moved to Golconda,\\nand for several years she took in\\nwashing and supported them the best\\nshe could, taking care that they at-\\ntended school. In 71 the yotingest\\nson, then 9 years of age, was drowned,\\nand in 76 the eldest, the then support\\nof the family, met the same fate. The", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36\\nI.EGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nsame year the second oldest went to\\nCalifornia, and Senator Sheridan, then\\n16 years old, quit school and went to\\nwork in a spoke factory at $2 a week,\\nand worked at that and in a brick yard\\nand printing office until September,\\n79. The senator then received a teach-\\ner s certificate, taug-ht school in the\\nwinter and ran a confectionery store\\nin summer. Meantime he studied law,\\nwas admitted to practice in 83 and\\npracticed and taught school for two\\nyears; was elected county superintend-\\nent of schools to fill a vacancy and re-\\nelected in 86. Is married, and was\\nelected senator in 90 over John Blan-\\nchard, dem., after a terrific fight b3 a\\nvote of 6,104 to 5,974.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, judicial depart-\\nment, tinanee and claims, education, elec-\\ntions, building and loan associations, state\\nlibrary, congressional apportionment.\\nSeibert, Peter, (dem.), Fayetteville;\\nfarmer. Born in the Grand Duchj^ of\\nHesse Darmstadt, April 24, 1844. Emi-\\ngrated to America with his parents\\nwho moved on a farm 3yi miles east of\\nBelleville in 52. There he was raised\\nand educated, although he spent some\\ntime at the Belleville high school.\\nHas been a member of the board of\\nsupervisors and was a member when\\nSt. Clair county was organized under\\ntownship organization. Is married.\\nNever sought an office and was elected\\nsenator in 90, receiving 6,054 votes to\\nPETER SEIBERT.\\nS. C. Smiley s (rep.) 4,951, running sev-\\neral hundred ahead of his ticket. Sen-\\nator Seibert was a republican until 80,\\nand began voting the democratic ticket\\nin 82, the tariff policy of the republi-\\ncans being too much for him. He has\\nbeen a democrat ever since.\\nCommittees: Charitable institutions (chair-\\nman), revenue, appropriations, roads and\\nbridges, agriculture, congressional ap230r-\\ntioniiient, militaiy, penal and reformatory,\\nmines and mining, county and township or-\\nganization.\\nThiele, Emil, (dem.), Chicago; drug-\\ngist. Born near Cologne on the Rhine,\\nMarch 2, 1859, and emigrated to Chi-\\nEMIL THIELE.\\ncago soon after the great fire. Served\\nfor a time while a boy in a drug store,\\nand graduated from the Chicago Col-\\nlege of Pharmacy in 80. He has owned\\nhis present drug store on Archer ave-\\nnue for about seven years, and has an\\ninterest in another one. Is not mar-\\nried. Was nominated as a representa-\\ntive of the strong German element in\\nhis district, and his popularity among\\nhis neighbors is attested by the fact\\nthat he was elected in 90 over Richard\\nBurke, rep. and lab., the preceding\\nsenator, by a vote of 8,601 to 4,930.\\nSenator Thiele has always voted with\\nthat element in the senate that has\\nsought to restrict the powers and priv-\\nileges of corporations and monopolies,\\nalthough he does not go to an extreme.\\nIs always in attendance.\\nCommittees: Municipalities (chairman),\\njudicial department, revenue, expenses of\\nthe general assembly, charitable institutions,\\npenal and reformatory, education, elections,\\nsenatorial apportionment, library, labor and\\nmanufactures.\\nWall, Hampton W., (dem.). Staun-\\nton; retired farmer. Born Nov. 10,\\n1832, on a farm near Staunton. Re-\\nceived a common school education. Is\\nmarried. Has filled the offices of jus-\\ntice of the peace and member of the\\nboard of supervisors, and was a mem-\\nber of the House of Representatives in\\n77 and 79. Was elected to the state\\nsenate in 92 over James H. Hackett,", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "LKCISLATIVI .S()l KMK\\n37\\nrep., by a vote of 9,1)96 to 7.287, runnitis^-\\nahead of his ticket. Senator Wall\\nstands plump on the democratic plat-\\nform and insists that all ])led ^es onyht\\nto be fulfilled. The senator has mad.\\nHAMPTON W. WALL.\\na strong fight this session for economy\\nin the expenditure of public money.\\nCommittees: Finance and claims (chair-\\nman), warehouses, revenue, appropriations,\\ninsurance, public buildings, roads an i\\nbridges, senatorial apportionment, building\\nand loan associations, mines and mining,\\ncounty and township organization, federal\\nrelations.\\nWells, Albert W., (dem.), Ouincy;\\nlaw3^er. Born in South Woodstock,\\nConn., May 9, 1841. Received an\\nacademic education, and spent his\\nearly days on a farm. Taught school\\nALBERT W. WKLLS.\\nin New Jersey for several 3^ears, re-\\nsigning to enlist in the Union army.\\nSenator Wells took a full law course at\\nColumbia college, and was admitted to\\nthe bar in New York city. He moved\\nto Ouincy in 70, has been a successful\\nlawyer ever since, and stands high at\\nthe bar. Has held various offices of\\ntrust, and has been a member of the\\nboard of education of Quincy for sev-\\neral years, and is president of the\\nboard now. Is a director and the at-\\ntorney for the Ricker National bank,\\nand holds a like position in the Ouincy\\nGas company and other companies.\\nIs married and has a famiU Was\\nelected to the house in 86 and again\\nin 88; advanced to the senate in 90\\npractically without opposition, the re-\\npublicans not naming a man against\\nhim. The senator has been a leader in\\nevery legislature of which he has been\\na member; was chairman of the house\\ncaucus in 89, and of the senate caucus\\nin 91, and has served on the most im-\\nportant committees in both branches.\\n71^9\\nB^L\\n\u00c2\u00bb.r*i\u00c2\u00bbxfflM\\n1\\njlS\\nM\\ni^S\\nt\\n^p\\n3\\nSAMUEL W. WRIGHT, .JR.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, (chair-\\nman), judiciary, railroads, appropriations,\\npenal and reformatory, education, printing,\\nelections, congressional apportionment,\\nlicense and miscellany, labor and manufac-\\ntures.\\nWright, Samuel W., Jr., (dem.), Sul-\\nlivan farmer. Was born in Moul-\\ntrie counly, June 30, 1850, and is now\\nan extensive farmer and stock raiser,\\nowning a fine farm about three miles\\nfrom Sullivan. Was educated in the\\npublic schools and finished in Bastian s\\nSeminary, Sullivan, at that time an\\ninstitution of considerable celebrity.\\nIs a representative farmer, and has\\nserved several terms on the board of\\nsupervisors from Sullivan township,\\nand was chairman most of the time.\\nIs a good substantial representative of\\nthe farmer class in the legislature. Is\\nmarried. Was elected to the senate in", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38\\nI.EGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n90, when the farmers moveinent was\\nrampant in Central Illinois, and when\\nhis district, usually reliably demo-\\ncratic, was in doubt; he polled 6,694\\nvotes to 3,250 for Wm. G. Cochran,\\nrep., and3,107for Georg-e Kincade, peo.\\nCommittees: Railroads (chairman), pub-\\nlic buildings and grounds (chairman), fei s\\nand salaries (c-hairman), judicial depart-\\nment, warehouses, appropriations, corpora-\\ntions, cliaritable institutions, senatorial ap-\\nportionment, visit penal and reformatory,\\nworld s fair, agriculture, county and town-\\nship organization.\\nZearing, Louis, (rep.), Ladd; farmer.\\nBorn in Cumberland Co., Penn., Sept.\\n10, 1827, and moved with his parents to\\nBureau county in 36. Was educated\\nin the district schools of primitive Illi-\\nnois. One of his early experiences\\nwas the marketing- in Chicago of a load\\nof wheat taken to the einbryo metrop-\\nolis by ox team. In 50 he crossed the\\nplains to California and in that state\\ncast his first vote, for a republican, of\\ncourse Winfield Scott for president\\nin 52. Returning from California in\\n54, he married and beg^an farming-,\\nand has held various local offices. Was\\nelected to the senate in 90 by a vote\\nof 5,018 to 4,641 for Simon Elliott, dem.\\nIs one of the most reliable and indus-\\ntrious members, and is held in high\\nesteem. Mr. Zearing never misses a\\nsession, and his record in the general\\nassembly of 93, as well as in that of\\n91, will bear the closest investig-ation.\\nThe Senator is a staunch republican,\\nand acts on his own judgment on all\\nquestions not of a purely party nature.\\nCommittees: Expenses of general assem-\\nbly, charitable institutions, penal and refor-\\nmatory, public buildings, printing, roads\\nand bridges, state library, canals and rivers,\\nagriculture, labor and manufactures.\\nTaylor, Rev. Frederick Wm., D. D.,\\nChaplain of the Senate, is the eldest\\nson of Maj. Alfred Taylor, M. D., and\\nHelen M. lyconard, and was born in\\nToledo, O., Jan. 11, 1853. Both his\\npaternal and maternal g randfathers\\nwere army officers in the war of 1812,\\nand his father was surg-eon with the\\nrank of major in the 2d O. Cav. during-\\nthe late war from 61 to 63. Rev. Dr.\\nTajdor s early life was passed in\\nCleveland, of which his g-randfather\\nBlisha Taylor, was one of the earliest\\nsettlers and most prominent citizens.\\nRev. Dr. Taylor g-raduated from West-\\nern Reserve University in 73 and from\\nthe General Theolog-ical Seminary in\\nNew York in 76. After two years\\nministry in Ohio and New York, he\\nwas appointed Rector of Holy Trinity\\nParish, Danville, 111., in 78, where he\\nremained until Sept. 86, when he be-\\ncame Rector of St. Paul s Pro-Cathe-\\ndral, in the See City of the Diocese,\\nSpring-field. Here he has led a busy\\nlife as a Parish Priest, and in the af-\\nfairs of the Diocese as one of the\\nArchdeacons, and as a member of var-\\nious diocesan boards, and editor of the\\ndiocesan paper. He has sat in four\\nsuccessive General Conventions of the\\nlypiscopal church, as one of the Clin-\\nical Deputies from the Diocese of\\nSpring-field, and has taken an active\\npart in the debates and leg-islation of\\nthat dig-nified body. He is the first\\nCHAPLAIN TAXLOR.\\nPriest of the Episcopal Church who\\nhas been Chaplain of the Senate. He\\nis a strict churchman in relig-ion, and\\na democrat in politics. He is a plain,\\nclear and forcible preacher, and is\\nwell known in his church as a tren-\\nchant writer.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOtiVENlK.\\n39\\nTHE SPEAKER.\\nThe Speaker of the House of Repre-\\nsentatives, Hon. Clayton E. Crafts, is\\nnow serving his sixth consecutive term\\nas a member of the lower branch of\\nthe g^eneral assembly, having been\\nelected in 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92. This\\nis his second term as speaker the only\\ntwo sessions when his party has been\\nin a clear majority in the house since\\n1863. Mr. Crafts was born in Auburn,\\nGeanga Co., O., July 8, 1848. His\\nfather and his grandfather were far-\\nof the Iroquois Club and the County\\nDemocracy, and is one of the most\\nskillful leaders in the state. As a par-\\nliamentarian he is the peer of any\\nman. He was the candidate of the\\ndemocrats for speaker in the session\\nof 87, and also in 89, 91, and 93, and\\nhas been regarded as the democratic\\nleader in every session after his first.\\nHe is earnest, incisive and forcible in\\ndebate, and there is no one to compete\\nwith him in shrewd manipulation of\\nparliamentary law. As speaker his\\nfairness and impartiality are conceded\\neven by his political enemies. To Mr.\\nniers, and the latter was about the\\nonly man in his neig-hborhood that was\\ncapable of drawing up legal documents\\nwhile the former was the only demo-\\ncrat in Auburn for many years. Mr.\\nCrafts was educated at Hiram College,\\none of the most famous educational in-\\nstitutions of Ohio, and is a graduate of\\nthe Cleveland Law School, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in 68. A portion\\nof his legal study was pursued in the\\noffice of John J. Van Allen, a cele-\\nbrated lawyer and politician of New\\nYork. He moved to Chicag-o in 69,\\nand has had a most extraordinarily\\nsuccessful practice ever since. He is\\na member of the Presbyterian church,\\nCrafts more than any man is due the\\ncredit for the successful contest made\\nby the democrats in the last g eneral\\nassembly for the election of Gen. Pal-\\nmer to the United States senate.\\nAs a delegate to state and national\\ndemocratic conventions Mr. Crafts has\\nhad a g^reat deal to do in shaping- the\\npolicy of his party, as well as selecting-\\ncandidates for the endorsement of the\\npeople. He is a strict party man, and\\nbelieves in a strong organization of\\nhis party in the leg-islature, with a rig--\\norous espionage on those who neglect\\ntheir duties. Mr. Crafts lives in the\\nsuburban villag-e of Austin, in Cook\\ncounty, is married and well to do.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "LKGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n41\\nTHE HOUSE.\\nThe House of Representatives con-\\nsists of 153 members elected every two\\nyears. They receive $5 per diem dur-\\ning- the session, $50 for stationerj^ and\\n10 cents a mile for the actual distance\\nfrom their homes to the state capitol.\\nThe present house of representatives\\nwas chosen in November, 1892, and\\nconsists of 78 democrats and 75 repub-\\nlicans, with the seat of Mr. Bisli, re-\\npublican, of Chicago, contested by Sol\\nVan Praag-, democrat. Hon. Ernst\\nMeyer died in Spring-field May 11, 93.\\nBiog-raphies marked thus are not\\naccompanied by portraits.\\nIt is fortunate that the executive\\nofficers of the house are intelligent\\nand cool-headed. Otherwise the jour-\\nnals would exhibit evidences of some\\nof the exciting scenes enacted on the\\nfloor, and the confusion and wrangles\\nthat take place frequently would end\\nin broken heads. Speaker Crafts,\\nClerk Ross, Doorkeeper Browne, As-\\nsistant Doorkeeper Rives and their\\nassistants are good officers, reliable\\nand courteous. The house is gener-\\nally a placid body, but occasionally a\\nstorm breaks on the floor that bids\\nfair to annihilate many members.\\nTHE STEERING COMMITTEES.\\nIndispensable in the conduct of a\\ncampaign in which party advantages\\nare to be won or lost through legisla-\\ntive action, are the advisory or steer-\\ning committees of each party. The\\nleadership is entrusted to these com-\\nmittees for the session, and the rank\\nand file are expected to obey orders,\\neven to the point of resigning their\\nseats. In the senate these committees\\nare made up thus\\nDemocrats: Caldwell (ch airman ),Ma-\\nlione3% Craig, Salomon and Green.\\nRepublicans: Berry(chairman),Bass,\\nAspinwall, Sheridan and Knopf.\\nThe house steering committees are\\ncomposed of the following\\nDemocrats: McKinlay (chairman),\\nMorris, Johnson of Whiteside, Wilson\\nof Ogle, O Donnell, Mclnerney, Don-\\nnelly, Smith of Livingston, Merritt,\\nCarson, Ferns and Farrell.\\nRepublicans Hawley (chairman).\\nPaddock, Warder, Anderson of Hen-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0derson, Meyer of Cook, O Connell,\\nMcKnight, Langhenry, Berry.\\nRoss, Robert W., (dem.), Vandalia\\nreal estate dealer and Clerk of the\\nHouse. Was born in Fayette county,\\nDec. 31, 1843, of Scotch-Welsh parents,\\nwho moved to Illinois from Kentucky.\\nHe was educated in the common schools\\nand at Tuscarora Academy, Penn.,\\nwhich he left in March 63 to enter the\\ncounty clerk s office of Fayette county.\\nHe entered the army, enlisting in Co.\\nF, 143d 111. Inf.; was mustered out in 64\\nand resumed his position in the county\\nclerk s office. After a year he went\\ninto the drug business and kept it up\\nfor three years, when he sold out and\\nbecame a deputy in the circuit clerk s\\noffice. He was elected clerk of the\\nHouse of Representatives in 75, and\\nwas elected circuit clerk of Fayette\\ncounty in 76, and re-elected in 80\\neight years in all Then he served\\nCLEKK ROSS.\\ntwo more years in his successor s of-\\nfice. He was appointed by President\\nCleveland recorder-general of the land\\noffice and resigned when President\\nHarrison assumed charge. Has since\\nbeen engaged in the real estate busi-\\nness. He was nominated for clerk of\\nthe house last January by acclamation\\nin the democratic caucus. He is not\\nmarried and own 160 acres of land.\\nBrowne, Edgar S., Doorkeeper of\\nthe House, of Mendota, was born in\\nMason. Me., May. 11, 1851, and is a\\nlawyer by profession. Mr. Browne\\nwas educated at the Norway, (Me.)\\nNormal Institute, and graduated from\\nGould s Academy, Bethel, and the\\nState Normal School at Farming-ton\\nwas admitted to the bar in 70, when\\nhe was 20 years old. Practiced at\\nPortland for five years, and moved to\\nChicago, where he remained for a", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nyear, and in 77 moved to LaSalle\\ncounty. He was State Commissioner\\nof Deeds in Maine has been city at-\\ntorney of Mendota, and was a member\\nof the house of representatives in\\nDOOKKKEl EK I!R(n\\\\ NE.\\nIllinois in 87 and 89 was chosen\\ndoorkeeper of the house in 91, and\\nwas again complimented last Janu-\\nary, and has organized a system for\\neach branch under him, so that all the\\nemployes under his supervision dis-\\ncharge their duties without friction.\\nIn the session of 89 he succeeded as a\\nmember of the house in getting the\\nChicago Drainage scheme amended so\\nas to protect the Illinois Valley people.\\nHe is married and has two children.\\nCONKAD A. AMBROSIUS.\\nAmbrosius, Conrad A., (dem.), Col-\\nlinsville merchant. Born in Hesse\\nCassel, Germany, Jan. 18, 1839, and\\nemigrated to America in Jan. 41 with\\nhis parents, arriving at New Orleans-\\nand coming up the Mississippi, the\\nroute all western settlers took in the\\nearly days, there being no railroads,,\\nand travel overland being attended\\nwith difficulties and dangers. His par-\\nents stopped in St. Louis until Jan. 49\\nand then moved to what is now Col-\\nlinsville, an Indian transporting the\\nfamily with four oxen. Mr. Ambro-\\nsius has lived near and in Collinsville\\never since. His education was limited;\\nhe hardly knew what a public school\\nwas, and obtained most of his educa-\\ntisn by his own efforts. He remained\\non the farm until 74, when he went\\ninto the coal business, being elected\\npresident and general superintendent\\nof the Canteen Coal Mining Co. He\\ncontinued in this until 87, when he\\nsold out and went into the real estate\\nbusiness. He afterwards opened a.\\nJAMES J. ANDERSON.\\ngeneral merchandise store under the\\nfirm name of Ambrosius Sons, and\\nit is one of the most substantial con-\\ncerns in the city, doing a large and\\nsafe business. Is married and finan-\\ncially independent of the world. Has.\\nbeen supervisor for several years, was\\nalderman fourteen years, and has held\\nother offices. He was nominated for\\nrepresentative a little against his will,\\nbut like a true democrat, bowed to the\\nwill of the party and accepted, mak-\\ning a thorough and successful canvass.-\\nHe never sought an office in his life.\\nCommittees: Mines and mining, public\\ncharities, building and loan associations,\\nretrenchment, drainage, soldiers home,,\\nfarm drainage.\\nAnderson, James J., (dem.), Nash-\\nville; lawyer. Born in Nottoway Co.,\\nVa., Dec. 13, 1849, and moved with his-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "I,KC.ISI,ATr\\\\ K SOUVKNIK.\\n43\\nfeither to St. Louis two years later, re-\\nineiiniiif; there until he was 23. He\\n-was educated in the public schools of\\nSt. Louis and the City University. He\\nmoved to Richview, 111., in 72, and\\nlearned teleg-raphy, accepting a place\\non the Iron Mountain railroad in Mis-\\nsouri. He read law in Richview and\\nin his new position when his duties did\\nnot demand his attention, and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 75, beg-inning- the\\npractice of his profession at (ilasg^ow,\\nMo. In 76 he moved to Nashville,\\nbought The Democrat from Fornian\\nBrothers, and run it in connection with\\nhis legal business until last July, when\\nhe sold the paper and devoted himself\\nentirely to his profession. He has\\nbeen master in chancery of Washing--\\nton county for many years, and was\\ncity attorney of Nashville for a term.\\nHe made The Democrat second to none\\nin power and standing- while he had\\ncharge of it, and stands very close to\\nCol. Morrison, Congressman Forman\\nand other prominent democratic lead-\\ners in the state. He has been one of\\nthe ruling spirits in the Illinois Press\\nassociation, and the Southern Illinois\\nPress association. Is married.\\nConunitlees: Penal and i-eforniatory (chair-\\nman), congressional apportionment, judi-\\nciary, judicial department, finance, retrencli-\\ninent.\\nAnderson, James O., (rep.), Decorra;\\nfarmer. Born in Henderson countv.\\n.TAMKS O. ANDERSON.\\nAug. 1, 1845, was raised on a farm, re-\\nceived a common school education, and\\nleft Monmouth Colleg e when a student\\nto enlist in the 28th 111. Inf., in which\\nhe attained the rank of second lieuten-\\nant. Returning from the war he mar-\\nried and eng-ag-ed in farming-, which is\\nhis present occupation. He was sheriff\\nof Henderson county for ten j ears,\\nand gained considerable notoriety by\\nthe pursuit of two desperadoes, one of\\nwhom being- taken to Durand, Wis.,\\nwas lynched. He was elected to the\\nhouse in 88, 90, and 92. His value as\\na leg-islator has been increased with\\nMICHAEL HAKTOX.\\neach return to the house, and he is in-\\nfluential and popular with his col-\\nleag-ues.\\nCommittees: Af^ricultuie, to visit penal\\nand reformatory institutions, world s fair,\\ncongressional apportionment, steering com-\\nmittee.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-Armstrong, Fowler A., (rep.), Mas-\\nsac Creek teacher and farmer. Born\\nin Massac county, March 18, 1847.\\nServed on the Tennessee and Cumber-\\nland rivers on a g-un-boat during the\\nwar. Was county superintendent of\\nschools from 84 to 88, and was elected\\nto the house in 90 and 92. Is married\\nand owns 160 acres of land.\\nCommittees: County and township organi-\\nzation, agriculture, federal relations, sold-\\niers home, horticulture.\\nBarton, Michael, (dem.). Spring Val-\\nlej-; bank cashier. Born in County\\nKerry, Ireland, Sept. 1, 1834, and came\\nto America in 49 with his parents,\\nwho settled in Kentucky. Moved to\\nIllinois in 54. Learned the trade of\\na harness maker, and worked at it for\\nsome time. In 64 accepted a place as\\nclerk in the Rock Island railroad offi-\\nces at Ottawa; was promoted to be\\nstation ag-ent of the same road at La\\nSalle in 66, and in 86 he resig-ned to\\naccept the position of cashier of the\\nSpring Vallev National bank. He is\\none of the best and most reliable mem-\\nbers of the leg-islature. Is married.\\nWas elected to the house in 90 and", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44\\nIvEGISLATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nagain in 92. He bent his energies in\\nthe last legislature towards the enact-\\nment of an arbitration law that would\\nprevent strikes.\\nCommittees: Mines and mining (chairman),\\ncanal -river improvement and commerce,\\npenal and reformatory, manufactures, state\\nand municipal indebtedness, insurance.\\nBaldwin, Leverett S., (dem.),\\nWindsor; farmer. Born in Hinesburg,\\nVt., Oct. 28, 1839, and is self-educated.\\nWas with the I. St. L,. R. R. as train\\nboy, brakeman, baggageman and\\nfreight conductor. Moved to Windsor\\n27 years ago, and has held minor offi-\\nces. Is married and owns 500 acres of\\nland.\\nCommittees: Railroads, live stock and\\ndairying, labor and industrial affairs, judi-\\ncial department, drainage, farm drainage,\\nWann investigation (special.)\\nBeals, Reuben F., (rep.), Galva; far-\\nmer. Born near Cleveland, O., Aug.\\n12, 1832, and for nineteen years he\\nlived there, working on the farm and\\nattending district school as oppor-\\ntunity offered. He started out for\\nhimself at 19, as a woodchopper, which\\nhe followed for a short time, and then\\nlearned the carpenter trade. He was\\na good workman, clever with his tools\\nand industrious, and soon branched\\ninto business for himself, taking con-\\ntracts to erect houses. In 55 he emi-\\ngrated to Oneida, 111., and a year later\\nmoved into Clover township, where he\\nlived for 36 years. He built houses for\\nREUBEN r. BEALS.\\nhis neighbors for two years, and in 58\\nbought 80 acres and began farming.\\nBy close application, economy and\\nhard work he has accumvilated 250\\nacres of splendid land. In Aug. 62 he\\nenlisted in Co. I, 102d 111. Inf., and\\nparticipated in all the battles of the\\nAtlanta campaign, serving faithfully\\nfor three years and receiving one\\nwound; he commanded a company sev-\\neral times. He returned to the farm\\nafter the war. He is an Odd Fellow,\\na Mason, and is past commander of\\nHolden Post, G. A. R. He was a\\nsupervisor for six years, and is mar-\\nKOBERT J. BECK.\\nried. He was a member of the legisla-\\nture of 91, and is highly regarded by\\nhis colleagues.\\nCommittees: State institutions, county and\\ntownship organization, state and municipal\\nindebtedness, senatorial apportionment.\\nBeck, Robert J., (rep.), Chemung;\\ncontractor and builder. Born iii\\nCounty Armagh, Ireland, Dec. 17, 1851,\\nand emigrated with his parents to\\nAmerica in 52, going direct to Mc-\\nHenry county, where he has been ever\\nsince. He was educated in the com-\\nmon schools. Has been justice of the\\npeace for twenty years and supervisor\\nfor ten years, and his long service jus-\\ntifies the statement that he was a faith-\\nful servant of the people. Was elected\\nto the house in the spring of 89 to fill\\nthe vacancy caused by the death of\\nE. M. Haines, dem. He is married\\nand owns 140 acres of land. Mr. Beck\\nis not an orator, but accomplishes\\nmore by hard work in committee rooms\\nthan many a man with a loud voice\\nand rhetorical effects.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement and\\nconnnerce, state institutions, public build-\\nings, llsli and game, farm drainage.\\nBerry, Daniel S., (rep.), Savanna;\\nlawyer. Born in Sterling, 111., May\\n13, 1858, and educated in the public\\nschools. Taught school for four years\\nin Whiteside county, read law at Mor-\\nrison and was admitted to practice in", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "LKC.ISI.ATIVK SOrVKNIK\\n45\\n82. The following-- .s])riiii, lie located\\nat Savanna, where he has had a very\\nsuccessful career. He has been city\\nattorney of Savanna and president of\\nthe board of education. He has alwavs\\nDANIEL S. BEKKY.\\neloquently contended that children\\nshould be compelled to attend school,\\nand compelled to learn the Eng-lish\\nlanguagfe, and is a staunch friend of\\nthe public schools of Illinois. Is mar-\\nried. Was elected to the house in 90,\\nand re-elected in 92. Is one of the re-\\npublican leaders in the legislature and\\nstands hijfh in party councils in the\\nIllinois. He introduced and forced\\nthroug h the house a bill prohibiting-\\npool selling in the steite.\\nJAMES E. BISH.\\nCommittees: .Judiciary, railroads, educa-\\ntion, elect ions, libraries, steering committee.\\nBish, James E., (rep.), Chicago; real\\nestate. Born in St. Francis Co., Mo.,\\nof slave parents, Oct. 1, 1859, and after\\nnian3 wemderings settled in Chicago\\nin 81. He received a common school\\neducation, principally in the Belleville\\nschools. Is married. He began hus-\\ntling for himself when he was 11 years\\nold, and was night clerk of the Com-\\nmercial hotel at Alton for several\\nyears studied law with Judge Alex.\\nW. Hope for a time learned telegra-\\nphy, and finally went to Chicago,\\nwhere he worked for Price s Baking\\nPowder Co. for nine years, and has\\nheld his present position with F. C.\\nVierling, real estate agent, for over a\\nyear. He has dabbled in politics to\\nsome extent, but never held a political\\noffice until last year, when he was san-\\nitary policeman for his ward. His seat\\nis being contested by Sol Van Praag,\\ndem. He is writing The Past, Pres-\\nent and Future of the Negro, and the\\nEDWIN BLACK.\\nwork is nearing- completion. It will\\nbe an important addition to historical\\nliterature.\\nCommittees: Manufactures, state institu-\\ntions, contingent expenses, state and muni-\\ncipal indebtedness.\\nBlack, J. Edwin, (dem.), Bridgeport;\\nfarmer. Born in Lawrence county,\\nMarch 10, 1846, and was raised on a\\nfarm with all its disadvantages in\\nearly daj s and its hard work. Edu-\\ncated in the country schools, and at 19\\ntaught school for a time. Then he\\nwent to Shurtleff College, finished his\\neducation, returned home and again,\\ntaught school for three j ears. He\\nthen entered the circuit clerk s office\\nas chief deputy, remaining three 3 ears.\\nDuring President Johnson s adminis-\\ntration he was a clerk in the treasury\\ndepartment at Washington. He re-\\nturned to Illinois in 69, married and", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46\\nI.EGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nsettled down on a farm, where he has\\nbeen ever since, respected by all.\\nWhen Dr. Lyon resigned his seat in\\nthe house in 90 to accept a postoffice,\\nMr. Black was elected to fill the\\nvacancy, and he was re-elected in 92.\\nHe has always discharged his duties\\nlike an honest man, and to the best of\\nhis ability. Is married, and owns over\\n300 acres of land. He is especially\\ninterested in legislation that will ben-\\nefit farmers, in the way of improved\\nroads, and his sympathies lean toward\\nthe weaker classes, for he favors a re-\\nform school for girls and charitable\\ninstitutions for the needj^\\nCommittees: Senatorial apportionment\\n(chairman), agriculture, visit charitable in-\\nstitutions, drainage, libraries, executive\\ndepartment, horticulture,\\nBrandt, John N., (dem.). Polo; far-\\nmer and stock raiser. Born in Wash-\\nington Co., Md., Aug. 26, 18S1, and\\nmoved with his parents to Illinois in\\n61, settling in Ogle county, near For-\\nreston. A year later they moved to\\nCarroll county, where he now lives,\\nalthough his postoffice is in Ogle. He\\nwas educated in the common schools\\nand taught school for one year. Then\\nhe went into the windmill, pump and\\nwell business, following it successfully\\nfor ten years. He ran a democratic\\nnewspaper in Morrison for some time\\nThe Dispatch and during the cam-\\npaign of 80 made things lively for the\\nJOHN N. BRANDT.\\nrepvxblicans with his Campaign Demo-\\ncrat. In 81 he returned to farming\\nand stock raising. He is not married\\nand owns over 200 acres of fine land.\\nHe has been a school trustee ever since\\nhe went to Carroll county, and was\\nelected supervisor one term when the\\ntownship was fovir to one republican.\\nHe is interested in raising Morgan\\nhorses and Chester White hogs, and\\nowns splendid specimens of each. He\\nis always in attendance.\\nCommittees: Military affairs (chairman),\\nstate institutions, agriculture, executive de-\\npartment, roads and bridges, soldiers home.\\nCHARLES p. BET AN.\\nBryan, Charles P., (rep.), Elmhurst;\\ncity address. University club, Chicago;\\njournalist. Born in Chicago, Oct. 2,\\n1855. Was educated at the Univer-\\nsity of Virginia and the Columbia Law\\nSchool was admitted to practice in\\n78, and in 79 moved to Colorado. Was\\nelected to the legislature of that state\\nin 80, and was urged for higher prefer-\\nment. Returned to Chicago in 83 and\\nhas since lead a literary life. Was a\\nmember of Gov. Oglesby s and Gov.\\nFifer s military staff also of Gov.\\nAltgeld s with the rank of colonel,\\nhaving previously served in the 1st\\nregiment. I. N. G., and in the Guard of\\nColorado. Elected to the Illinois leg-\\nislature in 90 and re-elected in 92. Is\\ndeeply interested in the success of the\\nWorld s Columbian Exposition and in\\nmilitary matters. Is not married. He\\nis on several important committees.\\nMr. Bryan is independent in his ac-\\ntions, except on party questions when\\nhe bows to the will of the majority.\\nBonney, Joel W., (dem.), Quincy;\\nphysician. Born in Strong, Maine,\\nFeb. 23, 1828. In 48 he moved to\\nClark Co., Mo., where he remained\\nuntil the fall of 59, when he went to\\nQuincy. His education was meagre.\\nGraduated from the State Medical\\nUniversity, St. Louis, in 57. Is mar-\\nried.\\nCommittees: Education, flsli and game,\\nbanks and banking, public charities.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "I,KGISr ATIVK SOIVKNIR.\\n47\\nBurke, William, (dem.), Chicag-o;\\nwholesale wine and licjuor dealer. Born\\nin Chicag o June 15, 1859, and educated\\nin the public schools. He learned the\\ntrade of a carpenter early in life, and\\nWILLIAM Hl KKK.\\nfollowed it for five years. Then he\\nwent into the wholesale liquor busi-\\nness, and has been eng-ag^ed in it for\\nnine years. He is interested in three\\nestablishments in Chicago, and does a\\nlarg-e business. He is not married,\\nand is comfortably well off in this\\nworld s gfoods. He was elected to the\\nhouse in 90, and was returned in 92,\\nrunning- ahead of his ticket nearly\\n2,500 votes. Was a member of impor-\\ntant committees in the session of 91,\\nPETEK CAHILL.\\nand is especially interested in labor\\nleg-islation, but looks after the inter-\\nests of the people reg^ardless of their\\nstation.\\nCommittees: Warehouses (chairmiin), iiui-\\nnieipal corporations, railroads, sanitary\\naffairs, roads and L)rid|t?(^s, revenue, live\\nstock and dairying.\\nCahill, Peter, (dem.), Brimfield; far-\\nmer. Born in County Meath, Ireland,\\nFeb. 12, 1843, and canie to Illinois with\\nhis parents, landing- at New Orleans\\nand taking- the Mississippi and Illinois\\nrivers to Peoria, arriving- in June 47,\\nwhere he has lived and farmed all his\\nlife. He was educated in the coininon\\nschools. Has been a member of the\\nboard of supervisors for the last four-\\nteen years, and for the last three years\\nhe has been chairman of the board, a\\nposition which he now fills to the\\ncredit of himself and his township.\\nHe is not married, and owns 500 acres\\nof Peoria land, and there is none\\nricher on the face of the g-lobe; he ac-\\ncumulated it all himself by industry,\\nfrugalitv and intellig-ent farming-. He\\nBTHELBERT CALLAHAN.\\nis honest and straig-htforward in his\\ndealing-s with his fellowman, and pos-\\nsesses the confidence of the people of\\nPeoria.\\nConniiittees: Canal-river improvement and\\ncommerce, roads and bridges, sanitary af-\\nfairs warehouses, farm drainage, history-\\ngeology and science.\\nCallahan, Ethelbert, (rep.), Robin-\\nson; lawyer. Born near Newark, O.,\\nDec. 17, 1829, and educated in the pub-\\nlic schools. In 49 he moved to Craw-\\nford County, 111., and for two years\\nfarmed in summer and taug-ht school\\nin winter; another year was spent as\\nclerk in a g-eneral store; then for a\\nyear he was editor of The Wabash\\nSentinel, and during- the campaig-n of\\n54 he edited The Marshall Teleg-raph,\\nthe only anti-democratic paper in his\\ncong-ressional district. He joined the", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48\\nIvEGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nrepublicans and entered into the Fre-\\nmont canipaig-n with ardor. His\\nspeeches were bold and uncompromis-\\ning, and attracted wide attention. In\\n60 he was the recognized leader of the\\nrepublicans of Southern Illinois, and\\nin 64 he was his party s candidate for\\ncongress. Gov. Oglesby appointed\\nhim a member of the first state board\\nof equalization; he was also a member\\nof the house in 75, which was con-\\ntrolled by the independents; in 80 was\\nan elector at large, and in 88 a dis-\\ntrict elector. Was admitted to the bar\\nwhen past 30 years of age, and was\\npresident of the state bar association\\nin 89. In 90 he was elected to the\\nhovise again, and returned in 92. In\\nthe session of 91 he offered an amend-\\nment in the house to the Australian\\nelection bill permitting laboring men\\nto be absent from work for two hours\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0without loss of pay on election day.\\nHe is championing this session a bill to\\nprotect brakemen, by compelling rail-\\nroads to block their switches and frogs.\\nHe is one of the ablest and best mem-\\nbers of the general assembly. Is mar-\\nried and comfortably wealthy.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, revenue, retrench-\\nment, senatorial apportionment.\\nCampbell, Albert, (rep.), Effingham;\\ndry goods merchant. Born Nov. 1,\\n1855, in Somerset, O., and was edu-\\ncated in the common schools, at the\\nsame time working at whatever he\\nALBERT CAMPBELL.\\ncould get to do. He moved to Kffing-\\nham in 71, and worked in a planing\\nmill in St. Louis in 74. Returning to\\nKffinghani in 87, he married and set-\\ntled down for good. He is regarded\\nwith respect by the people of Btfing-\\nham, and is liberal and popular. He\\nhas always been a strong, hustling\\nrepublican, and has contributed of\\ntime and money towards the success of\\nhis party. Mr. Campbell gives the\\nsteering committee no trouble, for he\\nis alwa3^s present during sessions.\\nCommittees: RcTenue, finance, sanitary\\naffairs, roads and bridges, public charities.\\nDASIKJ. A. CAMl BELL.\\nCampbell, Daniel A., (rep.), Chicago;\\nlawyer. Born in Elgin June 23, 1863,\\nand was educated in the common\\nschools and at the Chicago Union Col-\\nlege of L,aw. Was admitted to the bar\\nin 86, and has been in active practice\\never since, principally in the real\\nestate and commercial lines. Has met\\nwith very flattering success in his\\nlegal career. Is not married, and this\\nis the first office he ever held. He is\\nheld in high esteem by his colleagues,\\nand is a hard worker in committees.\\nMr. Campbell is one of the youngest\\nmembers, and one of the most diligent\\nand best informed. He performs his\\nduties unostentatiously, but creditably\\nto himself, his party and his constit-\\nuents. In Cook county politics he is\\nan active and efi^ective worker. He\\nbelieves in a strong party organiza-\\ntion of the republican members of the\\ngeneral assembly.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, munici-\\npal corporations, education, fees and sal-\\naries, flsh and game.\\nCarlin, Stephen E., (dem.). Canton;\\nlawyer. Born in Fulton county, Feb.\\n8, 1849. Educated in the public schools\\nand at Ann Arbor University, gradu-\\nating in 68. Then he taught school\\nuntil he got tired of it, stood an exam-\\nination for admission to the bar, and\\npassed in 77. He has been practicing\\nwith decided success ever since. Is", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "LKC.ISLATI V K SO I K N I K\\n49\\nmarried and possessed of a comforta-\\nble competence. Mr. Carlin never\\nheld public office before, but made a\\nsplendid camijaig n of the state in 90\\nfor the democratic state central com-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2STKrHEN K. CAKLIN.\\nmittee. He does not talk to the press\\ng-allery, and is never on his feet unless\\nhe has g ot something- to say. He has\\ntaken a prominent place in the house\\nand is a radical in politics but conser-\\nvative in other matters.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, miscellaneous sub-\\njects, mines and mining, state institutions,\\nfarm drainage, fish and game.\\nCarmody, Henry P., (dem.), Chicag-o;\\ncontractor. Born in Simcoe, Canada,\\nMarch 19, 1861, and moved with his\\nHENRY P. CAKMODV\\nparents to Chicago three months later.\\nReceived a common school education\\nuntil 12 years old, when he beg-an to\\nearn his own living- by working in the\\nbrick yards, packing- houses and lum-\\nber yards of Chicag-o. Is married.\\nWas elected to the house in 88, re-\\nelected in 90 and again in 92 by in-\\ncreased majorities. He is industrious\\nas a legislator and one of the hardest\\nworkers in Chicag-o for the democratic\\nticket. He is very popular with his\\nconstituents, and has been on some of\\nthe most important committees in the\\nhouse every session.\\nCommittees: Labor and industrial affairs\\n(chairman), corporations, municipal corpo-\\nrations, senatorial apportionment, canal-\\nriver improvement and commerce, public\\nbuildings and others of less imjiortance.\\nCarson, Thomas B., (dem.). Urbana:\\nsalesman. Born in Urbana, 111., March\\n6, 1843, and received a g-ood common\\nschool education. He was reared on a\\nfarm and left the harvest field in 61\\nto join the 25th 111. Inf., with which he\\nTHOMAS B. CAKSON.\\nserved to the close of the war. He is\\nan uncompromising democrat, and has\\nbeen an active participant in the cam-\\npaig-ns in eastern Illinois for years.\\nIn 85 he was elected doorkeeper of the\\nhouse by the democrats, and during-\\nthe fierce Morrison-Logan senatorial\\ncontest, he filled the position with dig--\\nnit3 and to the entire satisfaction of\\neverybody. During- Cleveland s first\\nterm he was a special ag -ent of the in-\\nternal revenue department. Is mar-\\nried. Was elected to the house in 90\\nand ag-ain in 92, and in both sessions\\nhas taken an active part in leg-islation.\\nIn the session of 91 Mr. Carson was\\nassig-ned to important committees.\\nCommittees: IJanks and banking (chair-\\nman), municipal corporations, federal rela-\\ntions, history-geology and science, drainage,\\nenrolled and engrossed bills, steering com-\\nmittee.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "so\\nIvEGISIvATlVE SOUVENIK.\\nCarter, Robert S., (dem.), Peters-\\nburg-; fire insurance. Was born in L,a\\nGrang-e, Fayette Co., Texas, Julj 26,\\n1855, and moved to Petersburg in 73.\\nHe received his education in the public\\nEOBEKT S. CARTER.\\nand private schools of Texas. Is mar-\\nried. He beg-an life for himself in 7J\\nas a drug- clerk, filling prescriptions\\nuntil 73. He was deputy circuit clerk\\nof Menard county for four years, from\\n73 to 77, and then he went into the\\nabstract, loan, real estate and insur-\\nance business at Petersburg^, and has\\nbeen exclusively in the line of general\\ninsurance since 81. Is master in chan-\\ncery of Menard county now. Mr. Car-\\nter is a staunch democrat and is always\\nin his seat.\\nGEORGE S. CAUGHLAN.\\nCommittees: Insurance, education, appro-\\npriations, claims, flsh and game, and others\\nof less importance.\\nCaughlan, George S., (rep.), Tren-\\nton; student of law. Born in St.\\nL/Ouis Jan. 22, 1865, and is a son of a\\nMethodist minister, whose duties as a\\nminister of the g-ospel necessitated a\\nfrequent change of residence, and Mr.\\nCaughlan acquired a good common\\neducation in various cities of Southern\\nIllinois. He entered McKendree Col-\\nlege at lycbanon, when he made up for\\nlost time by energy and application.\\nAlthough a member of the legislature,\\nhe is now taking a course of law at\\nthat college. Is married and has held\\nseveral minor offices. He is an in-\\ncisive speaker, and when he claims\\nthe floor, which is not often, he com-\\nmands the attention of the house.\\nHe is too young to have a record in\\nthe past, but bids fair to carve out a\\npromising future. He displayed con-\\nsiderable ability in the debate on the\\nreport of the special committee to in-\\nvestigate the Wann disaster.\\nCHARLES T. CHERRY.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, ware-\\nhouses, mines and mining, building and loan\\nassociations, miscellaneous, executive de-\\npartment, to investigate the Wann disaster\\n(special).\\nCherry, Charles T., (rep.), Oswego;\\nfarmer. Born in Oswego Feb. 20, 1858,\\nand was educated in the public schools.\\nHe owns a magnificent tract of Ken-\\ndall county land, which he farms\\nhimself, and on which he raises fine\\nPoland-China hogs, Cotswold sheep\\nand road and draft horses. He is pop-\\ntilar with his colleagues on both sides\\nof the house; is always at his seat, and\\nis particularly interested in legislation\\naffecting the farmer, stock raiser and\\nrepublican party. Was elected to the\\nhouse in 90, and again in 92. Is\\nmarried and has one son. Mr. Cherry\\ntakes an active interest in legislation,", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "LKOISI.ATIVp; SOUVENIK.\\n51\\nand his value increases with his leni4 th\\nof service.\\nouimittees Coriioriition^, live stock and\\ndairyiiin lianUs and l anlviiif^, agriciUture,\\nloan aiKl homcslcad a-^sociations.\\nClaggett, Bernard J., (deni.), Lexinj^.\\nton; banker. Born in Lexing-ton, Feb.\\n12, 1861, and is indebted to the careful\\nand systematic training- of his father\\nfor his success as a man. He was edu-\\ncated at Wesle^ an Universit} and at\\nNotre Dame, Ind., taking- the literary\\ncourse at the latter; g-raduated at Jones\\nCommercial CoUeg-e, St. Louis, in 80.\\nThen he returned home and entered\\nhis father s store as clerk. In 82 he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was admitted to the firm, and in De-\\ncember, when the First National Bank\\nwas org -anized, he was made cashier,\\na position he has held ever since. In\\naddition to his connection with the\\nbank and the larg-e business interests\\nof his father s estate, he is larg-ely in-\\nterested in farming-, stock raising-, and\\nis a partner in the mercantile business\\nof Clag-gett Bros. Co., and Clagg-ett\\nStevens, liverymen. In 88 he was\\nelected to the city council, and althoug -h\\nthe young-est member, was made presi-\\ndent, which office he filled with much\\ncredit. When the city reorg-anized he\\nwas chosen first mayor without oppo-\\nsition, and was honored by a unani-\\nmous re-election. He resig-ned to take\\nhis seat in the house, but the council\\nrefused to accept it. He has alwa^ s\\nbeen a democrat, and always took a\\nBERNARD J. CLAGGETT.\\ndeep interest in politics, contributing-\\nliberally to the campaig-n. Is married\\nand owns considerable valuable land.\\nComniittees: I rinting (chairnian) penal\\nand reformatory, banks and banking, state\\nand municipal indebtedness, claims, mili-\\ntary. World s fair.\\nClark, William O., (rep.), Peoria;\\nhotel proprietor. Born in Lynn, Mass.,\\nJan. 18, 1844, and was associated with\\nhis father in the hotel business up to\\nthe time of the death of the latter.\\nHe has been proprietor of hotels in\\nRock Island, Geneseo, Mattoon. Bush-\\nnell, Charleston, Spring-field, Bloom-\\nWILLIAM O. CLARK.\\ning-ton and Peoria, and is well known\\nto the traveling- public. Received a\\npublic school education, and is mar-\\nried. Enlisted in Co. A, 143d 111. Inf.,\\nand was in tl:e arm3 of the southwest.\\nHe has been a member of the city\\ncouncil of Peoria, and is interested in\\nthe welfare of his constituents, and it\\ncan be said that a better servant\\nPeoria never sent to Springfield. He\\nis an Elk, a Modern Woodman and a\\nmember of the Royal Leag-ue.\\nCommittees: Railroads, agriculture, canal-\\nriver improvement and commerce, state and\\nmunicipal indebtedness, claims.\\nConway, Bryan, (dem.), Chicag-o;\\nemployed by Armour Co. Born in\\nChicag-o, Oct. 14, 1861, and has grown\\nup as one of the most popular young\\ndemocrats In his district, being espe-\\ncially liked b^ the laboring men. Re-\\nceived a fair education at the public\\nand parochial schools of Chicago. He\\nhas been employed in nearly every de-\\npartment of Armour s Co. s great\\nbutchering and packing establishment,\\nand has held responsible positions\\nwith that firm for the last twelve\\nyears. Was elected to the house in 90,\\nand again in 92 by an increased ma-\\njority During both sessions he took a\\nprominent part in all legislation, being\\nespecially active on measures that con-\\ncerned Cook covxntv and his own con-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52\\nLEGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nstituents. He is one of the niost\\neffective workers in the democratic\\nparty in Cook county. He is married\\nan in independent circumstances finan-\\ncially.\\nBKTAN CONWAY.\\nCommittees: Sanitary affairs (chairman),\\nrailroads, warelionsey, municipal corpora-\\ntions, canal-river improvement and com-\\nmerce\\nCreighton, Thomas H., (rep.), Fair-\\nfield teacher. Born on a farm in\\nWayne county, Nov. 29, 1865, and was\\neducated in the common schools and\\nat Hayward CoUeg-iate Institute in\\nFairfield, graduating in the class of\\n90. He is too young to have a politi-\\ncal record and does not seek one, being\\nquiet and retiring. His tastes rather\\n.^^M,\\n..A^;\\n1\\n1^\\nXHUilAS H. CilKIGUTON.\\nrun in the direction of literature and\\nlearning. He was superintendent of\\nthe Fairfield city schools for two years,\\nresigning on his nomination to the\\nhouse. He was named by acclama-\\ntion in the republican convention last\\nspring. He is very anxious for the\\npassage of a uniform text book bill,\\nand is a hard working, conscientious\\nmember who can be relied on to be in\\nhis seat during sessions. Is not mar-\\nried.\\nCommittees: Education, fees and salaries,\\nhistory-geology and science, libraries, exec-\\nutive department.\\nCusey, John, (rep.), mechanic; Far-\\nmer City. Born in Richland Co., O.,\\nApril 9, 1822, and moved to McLean\\nCo., 111., in 36, and to DeWitt county\\nin 83, and has lived there ever since.\\nHe is a self-educated man, having no\\nchance to attend the district schools of\\nhis native state. He has a good com-\\nmon school education, however, thanks\\nto his ambition and pluck. He is mar-\\nried, and was state senator from 72 to\\n76, and member of the state board of\\nJOHN CU ET.\\nequalization from 80 to 84. He has\\nbeen township assessor nine times, and\\nmember of the county board for both\\nMcLean and DeWitt counties, repre-\\nsenting the latter now. Mr. Cusey\\nwas a member of the first republican\\nstate convention, which met in Bloom-\\nington in 54, and nominated Jesse O.\\nNorton of Will county for congress,\\nthe first republican congressman from\\nIllinois. In the same convention he\\nseconded a resolution that named the\\nnew party Republican. He has al-\\nways voted in opposition to the demo-\\ncratic party.\\nCommittees: Revenue, drainage, federal\\nrelations, history-geology and science.\\n*Dazey, Mitchell, (dern.), Lima; far-\\nmer. Born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Oct.\\n2, 1820. Educated in common schools,", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "I.I X .ISLATIVK SOUVKNIK.\\nS3\\nand was elected to the house in 89 to\\nfill a vacancy. Is married and owns\\n305 acres of kind.\\nConmiittees Drainaj^e, farm drainage, rf-\\ntrenchniciit, ai)|)ropriati )HS, libraries.\\nDean, William C, (deni.), Ava;\\nmiller and farmer. Born in Randolph\\nCo., 111., Dec. 10, 1838, and moved to\\nAva in 76. Was educated in the com-\\nmon schools; was in the mercantile\\nbusiness until two years ago, when he\\npurchased a roller mill. Is married\\nand owns 3,000 acres of land.\\ni.Coniiiiittees: Agriculture, to visit educ-a-\\ntioiial institutions, state institutions, roads.\\nDearborn, Luther fl., (dem.), Aurora;\\nlawyer. Born at Geneva, 111., Aug. 5,\\n1858, and educated at Bishop Whipple s\\nSchool, Fairbault, Minn., and at Ra-\\ncine, Wis. He read law in the office\\nof Hon. John N. Jewett; afterwards\\nLUTUEl; M. UK.VIUiliKN.\\nspent two 3 ears at Harvard L,aw\\nSchool, and was admitted to practice\\nin 82. He remained in Chicago for\\nthree years in the law office of his\\nfather, Hon. Luther Dearborn, and\\nJohn B. Cohrs, and then formed a\\npartnership with Judge Annis in Au-\\nrora. Is not married. He was elected\\nto the house iu 90 and again in 92,\\nand in both he held important com-\\nmittee assignments.\\nCommittees: Roads and bridges (chair-\\nman), judiciary, railroads, manufactures,\\ninsurance, contingent expenses, to investi-\\ngate tlie sweat shop evil (special).\\nDeneen, Charles S., (rep.), Chicago;\\nlawyer. Born in Edwardsville May\\n4, 1863, and moved to Chicago in the\\nfall of 85. He was educated at Mc-\\nKendree College, Lebanon, in which\\ninstitution his father was a professor\\nfor nearly thirty years. Mr. Deneen\\ngraduated in law in 85 and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in Jan. 87, and has\\nhad a very successful and profitable\\npractice ever since. Is married and\\nthis is his first office. He taught in a\\nCHARLES S. DENEKN.\\nnight school in Chicago for three\\nyears. Was attorney for Representa-\\ntive Bish in the contested election\\ncase of VanPraag vs. Bish, and his\\nskillful handling of the case attracted\\nthe attention of the older political\\nleaders. Mr. Deneen is a young man\\nwith flattering prospects for a splendid\\nfuture, and is highh regarded by those\\nwho know him.\\nConmiittees: Corporations, drainage, ju\\ndicial department, laljor and industi ial af-\\nfaiis, to investigate the sweat shop evil\\nJOHN C. DONNELLY.\\nDonnelly, John C, (dem.); Wood-\\nstock; clerk. Was born in Wood-\\nstock, Nov. 3, 1855, and educated in", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54\\nLEGISIvATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nthe coiiimon schools with a finishing\\ncourse at Notre Dame. For two years\\nhe was clerk in the office of the circuit\\nclerk of McHenry county. He also\\nhas represented the Northwestern\\nrailroad in the south. He was deputy\\ncollector of internal revenue under\\nCleveland. Mr. Donnelly is one of\\nthe most popular and affable members\\nof the g-eneral assembly. Was elected\\nto the house in 90, and althoug-h the\\ndistrict is the strongest republican\\ndistrict in the state and an independ-\\nent democrat was running against\\nhim he received more votes than either\\nof the republicans or the independent.\\nHe is the first democrat that has been\\nreturned from the district a second\\ntime immediately following the first.\\nHe is very influential in northern Illi-\\nnois democratic politics, and takes a\\nprominent part in all important legis-\\nlation.\\nCommittees: Corporations (chairman),\\nbanks and banking, live stock and dulvying,\\nsanitary affairs, Insurance, misCfUaneous\\nsubjects, enrolled and engrossed bills, sena-\\ntorial apportioment, steering- comniittee.\\nDouglas, John J., (rep.), Chester;\\nfarmer. Born in Chester Aug. 17,\\n1849, and was educated in the common\\nschools and McKendree College. Then\\nhe learned the trade of miller. His\\nparents came from Scotland and when\\nhe was 22 years old he visited the\\ncrags and moors of the Land of the\\nThistle. Returning home he married\\nJOHN J. DOUGLAS.\\nin 72, bought a farm and settled down,\\nand has farmed ever since. In this\\noccupation he has been successful,\\nowing more to his own intelligence\\nand industry than to the fertility of\\nthe soil. He owns 340 acres of good\\nland, and is one of the most reliable\\nand substantial members of the house.\\nCommittees: Mines and mining, fees and\\nsalaries, roads and bridges, horticulture.\\nDow, Augustus, (rep.), Pittsfield;\\nflour manufacturer. Born in South\\nCoventry, Tolland county, Connecti-\\ncut, Oct. 9, 1841, and in 58 moved to\\nPittsfield, where he has lived ever\\nAUGUSTUS DOW.\\nsince. He received an academic edu-\\ncation in his native town and from 62\\nto 65 was connected with the pay de-\\npartment of the United States army.\\nAfter the war he returned to Pittsfield\\nand engaged in the mercantile busi-\\nness, continuing it iintil 70, when he\\nsold out and started the manufacture\\nof flour on a large scale. Pittsfield is\\na democratic district, but he has been\\nelected to the county board several\\ntimes, and mayor of the city four\\n3 ears. Mr. Dow has been connected\\nwith all the improvements of a local\\nnature, and is regarded as one of the\\nforemost and most liberal citizens. He\\nis an uncompromising republican, is\\na director in the First National Bank\\nand is married.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement\\nand commerce, drainage, state and muni-\\ncipal indebtedness, to visit charitable insti-\\ntutions\\n*Drury, Joseph W., (dem.), Water-\\nloo; farmer and dair3 man. Bom in\\nSt. Louis Feb. 5, 1832, and educated at\\nMcKendree College. Moved with his\\nparents to Monroe county when three\\nyears old; was provost marshal of Mon-\\nroe count} during the war. Was\\nsherifi^ from 66 to 74, excepting two\\nyears; has held several school offices,\\nis married and owns 645 acres.\\nCommittees: Congressional apportion-\\nment, world s fair, horticulture, fees and\\nsalaries, penal and reformatory, live stock.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "I.KOISLATIVE SOUVKNIK.\\nDuncan, John H., (rep.), Marion;\\nteacher. Born in Marshall Co., Ky.,\\nJune 27, 1858, and moved with his\\nparents to Williamson county in 65.\\nEducated at Shurtleff College; taught\\nschool 3 years; elected county sviperin-\\ntendent of schools in 82 and 86; elect-\\ned to the house in 90 and 92; married.\\nConiniittees: Mines and iiiininfj, revenue,\\nlabur, license, senatorial apportionment.\\nDyer, John, (rep.), Fulton; shoe-\\nmaker. Born in Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 6, 1824. Enlisted in Co. F. 52d\\n111. iind Co. F 93d 111. Inf. Received a\\nmeager education; is married and has\\nbeen justice of the peace and on the\\ncounty board 16 years.\\nomniittees: State institutions, public\\nbuildinj^s, soldieis lionie.\\nEdmiston, John D., (rep.), Olney\\nmerchant and farmer. Born in Rich-\\nland county June 13, 1861, and was\\neducated in the Olney high school,\\nafter which he learned the painter s\\ntrade and then went into the mercan-\\ntile business with his father. This he\\nsold out and is now running a fruit\\nfarm of apples and peaches. Is mar-\\nried. Has been an alderman and has\\nheld other minor offices. He is an Odd\\nFellow, a Modern Woodman and an\\nA. O. U. W. He didn t seek the nom-\\nination last year for his present of-\\nfice, nevertheless was chosen by accla-\\nmation and ran 500 ahead of his ticket;\\nhas been in politics and a delegiite to\\nstate conventions ever since he voted.\\nJOHN D. ED.MI8TON.\\nMr. Edmiston is constant in attend-\\nance and informs himself on the\\nmerits of every measure that comes up.\\nCommittees: Railroads, state institutions,\\nmanufactures, sanitary affairs, enrolled and\\nengrossed bills, horticulture.\\nEllsworth, Urbin S., (rep.). Deer\\nPark, LaSalle Co.; farmer. Born in\\nSouth Ottawa. April 19, 1851, and five\\nyears later his parents moved to Deer\\nPark township. He completed his\\neducation at Jennings Seminary,\\nAurora, graduating in the classical\\ncourse in 74. Two years afterwards\\nITKBIN S. ELLSWORTH.\\nhe married. Has represented his\\ntownship three times on the board of\\nsupervisors. Is a meinber of the\\nFarmers Alliance, and is a loyal re-\\npublican. He received his political\\neducation froin his g-randfather, John\\nClark, who was dismissed from church\\nin 39 because of his abolition views.\\nWas elected to the house in 90 and 92.\\nIn the session of 91 he strongly advo-\\ncated a bill for an insane hospital\\nnorthwest of the Illinois river, in\\norder to relieve the county poor houses\\nof their insane charges. He is inter-\\nested especially in legislation that\\naffects the Illinois river vallej^\\nCommittees: Corporations, education,\\nrevenue, agriculture, sanitary affairs, in-\\nsurance.\\nErickson, Samuel E., (rep.), Chi-\\ncago; depvity sheriff Born in Lind-\\nkoping-, Sweden, March 4, 1860; parents\\nemigrated to Chicago when he was\\nfour 3 ear-; old, and five years later\\nthe father died leaving a widow and\\nseveral small children without means\\nof support. The son left school and\\nworked in a chair factory to help sup-\\nport the f ainily then he engaged with\\nAllen, Mack\u00c2\u00abS: Co., and advanced from\\nerrand boy to a more responsible\\nplace, when the firm failed. He began\\nas messenger boy for the Western\\nUnion and worked up to the operating\\nroom, where he remained until he re-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "56\\nI^EGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nsigned to accept a place in the abstract\\ndepartment of the county, and during-\\nhis six years service he held almost\\nevery position in the recorder s office.\\nBlected to the general assembly in 90\\nSAMUEL B. BRICKSON.\\nhe energ-etically worked in the inter-\\nests of his constituents. He is now a\\ndeputy under Sheriff Gilbert, who con-\\nsiders him one of the brig-htest and\\nmost trustworthy of his men. He has\\nshown marked ability as a dramatic\\nreader. Is not married. Ten years\\nag-o he traveled extensively in ISurope.\\nIn 92 was urg-ed for cong-ress named\\nfor temporary speaker but declined.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, muni-\\ncipal corporations, live stock and dairying,\\nmilitary, printing, drainage, world s fair.\\nTHOMAS F. FBKNS.\\nFerns, Thomas F., (dem.), Jersey-\\nville lawyer. Born in Jersey ville\\nJuly 27, 1862. Graduated from the\\nJerseyville high school in 82, and\\nfrom the St. Louis Law School in June,\\n85, having been admitted to the bar\\nMarch 20 previous. Mr. Ferns suc-\\ncess as a practitioner was pronounced\\nfrom the start. He was city attorney\\nof Jerseyville for three consecutive\\nterms from 85 to 91, and was elected\\nto the legislature in 90, and has a\\nrecord that justifies his constituents\\nwisdom in sending him here. During\\nthe session of 91 he introduced and\\npushed to enactment a stringent law\\nforbidding the organization of trusts\\nand combinations to control markets\\nand prevent open and fair competition.\\nAlthough young he is one of the lead-\\ners in the house and has quite a repu-\\ntation for ability and oratory. In past\\ncampaigns in western Illinois he has\\ntaken conspicuous part. He is already\\nbeing urg-ed for congress next year,\\nand his record in the past justifies the\\nopinion that he will get there.\\nJAMES p. FLETCHER.\\nCommittees: Railroads (chairman),\\njudiciary, judicial department, senatorial\\napportionment, education, finance, federal\\nrelations, steering committee.\\nFletcher, James P., (rep.). Ridge\\nFarm, Vermilion Co.; farmer. Born\\nFeb. 14, 1855, almost on the spot where\\nhis house now stands. He was educated\\nat Vermilion Academy and at Penn\\nCollege, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Is married\\nand has farmed all his life. He owns\\na fine herd of Chester White hogs, of\\nwhich he is an extensive breeder. Is\\na Royal Arch Mason and has been\\nworshipful master of his lodge for five\\nterms is also a Modern Woodman is\\nbusiness manager of his lodge and was\\na delegate to the last state convention\\nat Peoria. He is interested in any\\nlegislation that will benefit the farm-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "I, EO IS NATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n57\\nCrs, particularly permanent roads. He\\nhas never held office before, and is in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2constant attendance.\\nCoinniittees: Canal-river iniproveineut\\nand commerce, manufactures, public build-\\nings, visit educational nistitutioas, farm\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2drainage, to investigate the Wann disaster.\\nFarrell, James H., (dem.), Chicag-o\\nreal estate. Born in the Isle of Jer-\\nsey, Nov. 19, 1842; his father was born\\nin the Isle of Guern.sey. Victor Hug-o s\\nbirthplace, and his mother in Dublin.\\nAll the schooling he had was obtained\\nbefore he was 10 years old. He arriv-\\ned in New York in 51, and began life\\nas a clerk. When 19 he enlisted in Co.\\nH of the famous 5th N. Y. Inf., Col.\\nJud.son Kilpatrick, commanding-,\\nbeginning with the battle of\\nBethel he was in nearly every\\nportant battle and skirmish of\\nArmy of the Potomac during the war.\\nWhen he was mustered out he entered\\nthe largest wall paper manufacturing-\\nconcern in the union as clerk, and re-\\nmained there until 68 when he moved\\nto Chicago, continuing- in the same\\nline for two years. He has been in\\nthe real estate business for the past\\nten years. He has always taken g-reat\\ninterest in politics, and is now serving-\\nhis fourth consecutive term in the\\nhouse. He organized and commanded\\nthe Cook County Democratic March-\\ning club, the best drilled and most\\n.famous political marching organiza-\\nand\\nBig\\niin-\\nthe\\nJAMES H. FARKELL.\\ntion in the country. He is al.so grand\\nmarshal of the democratic marching\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2clubs for Illinois, having been elected\\nin 84. He has been a leader in the\\nhouse since his first election, and has\\n;served on all the most important com-\\nimittees, and while he does not push\\nhimself forward is regarded as a man\\nof ability and influence. He is mar-\\nried and in independent circumstances.\\nCommittees: World s fair (chairman\u00e2\u0080\u0094 al80\\nchairman in tlie last legislature), judicial\\ndepartment, penal and reformatory, finance,\\nmunicipal corporations, revenue, military,\\nsenatorial apportionment, steering com ittee\\nDAVID FOKSYTHE.\\nForsythe, David, (dem.), Elwood,\\nWill Co.; farmer. Born in County\\nAntrim, Ireland, April 25, 1850, and in\\nhis eleventh year the family emigrated\\nto America an elder son and brother\\nthe late John Forsythe, of Chicago,\\nhaving preceded them by several\\nyears. David Forsythe resided with\\nhis brother in Chicago until he had\\ncompleted his education in Chicago\\nschools. He moved to Will county in\\n65 and has since been engaged in\\nfarming and shipping live stock, in\\nwhich he has been very successful.\\nHe is married and owns 960 acres of\\nland, gathered by his own industry and\\nshrewdness. He has been supervisor\\nof his township for three years, and\\nhas held minor offices. He was elected\\nto the house in 90, re-elected in 92 and\\nhas served on important committees\\nand taken an active interest in legis-\\nlation each session.\\nCommittees: Live stock and dairying\\n(chairman), corporations, canal-river im-\\nprovement and commerce, mines and\\nmining, agriculture, sanitary affairs, re-\\ntrenchment, miscellaneous subjects.\\nFowler, H. Robert, (dem.),iFlizabeth-\\ntown; lawyer, was born in Pope coun-\\nty about 35 years ago, and was edu-\\ncated in the common schools, finishing\\nat the Northern Normal, graduating\\nin 78. He taught school eight years;\\nhas been principal of the schools at\\nFlizabethtown and Cave-in-Rock, and\\nwas very successful, raising the", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nschools in Hardin county several de-\\ngrees in efficiency. He graduated in\\nlaw at Ann Arbor University in 85\\nwas admitted to practice in Michigan\\nin 84 and in Illinois in 85. He was\\nstates attorney of Hardin county for\\nfour years. Mr. Fowler has had to\\nfight for every step of vantage ground\\nsince early boyhood, and in the face of\\nalmost unsurmountable obstacles has\\nattained a place of influence and\\nstanding. He made a record for\\nenergy as chairman of the special\\ncommittee to investigate the accident\\nat Wann that commends him to his\\ncolleagues, who recognize his ability\\nand honesty. He is championing a co-\\nemploye bill to protect railroad\\nemployes, and one introduced by him-\\nself to secure state uniformity of text\\nbooks.\\nH. KOU I\\nCommittees: Judiciary, world sfair, elec-\\ntions, fees and salaries, roads and bridges,\\nrevenue, visit educational institutions,\\ncounty and township organization\\nQoodall, Samuel H., (dem.), Marion;\\nlawyer. Born in Marion Feb. 7, 1866,\\nand graduated at the Southern Illinois\\nNormal University in 87 taught\\nschool for two years in Williamson\\ncounty and received a state certificate\\nto teach. Graduated from the Ann\\nArbor I^aw School with the degree of\\nL. L. B. in 90; was quiz master in the\\nschool in 90 and 91, and in this latter\\nyear received the degree of L. L^. M.\\nWas admitted to the bar in Illinois in\\n90 and began practicing his profession\\nnext year, iu which he has been suc-\\ncessful. He has been city attorney of\\nMarion. He is not married. He is\\nvery anxious to cut down the usurous\\nrates for tax sales, and get his county\\ninto democratic congressional and\\nsenatorial districts. Is an aggressive\\nand independent member with nerve\\nenough to demand and insist that his.\\nsection be jriven fair treatment.\\nSAMUEL H. GOODALL.\\nCommittees: Miscellaneous subject\u00c2\u00ae\\n(chairman), judiciary, judicial department,\\neducation, mines and mining, claims,\\nQleeson, James F., (dem.), Chicago r\\ntelegraph operator. Born in Chicago\\nJan. 17, 1859, and graduated in the\\ncommercial course of the Watertown\\n(Wis.) branch of Notre Dame Univer-\\nsity. He had charge of the West\\nDivision police telegraph system as\\nsuperintendent for over six years, and\\nin 84 helped put up the first police\\nboxes in the citv. He was elected to-\\nJAMES F. GLEESON.\\nthe house in 86 and returned in 92,\\nIs not married. He is a strong worker\\nin the democratic party in Chicago,^\\nand Speaker Crafts has recognized.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "M ;r,rsi,ATivE soirvKMK.\\n59\\nhis ability by placing- him on several\\nimportant committees. In the legis-\\nlature of 87 he was active in the in-\\nterest of labor legislation.\\nCoiniiiittees: Municipal corporations, for\\nporiitions, labor ami industrial affairs, mili-\\ntary affairs, printiiiff.\\nGill, Michael J., (dem.), Alton; glass-\\nworker. Born in New York City Dec.\\n5, 1866, and is one of the promising-\\nj oung men of the house. His parents\\nmoved to Kentucky in 68 and he went\\nto Alton in 82, where he has since re-\\nsided, although he learned his trade in\\nWellington, O., in 81. His schooling\\nwas entirely at night, as he could not\\nafford the time during the day; he\\nlearned German unaided. He is mar-\\nried, and already has made his influ-\\nence felt in the house as a champion\\nof the rights of the laboring classes.\\nIs aggressive in their behalf.\\nMICHAEL J. GILL.\\nCommittees: World s fair, mines and\\nmininji, Uibor and industrial, public build-\\nings, fish and game, and others of less im-\\nportance.\\nQo-wer, Bailey A., (rep.), Odell;\\nfarmer and stock raiser. Born in\\nFranklin Co., Me., Oct. 27, 1835, and\\nmoved to Livingston Co., 111., in 56,\\nwhere he has lived and earned a stand-\\ning and reputation second to none.\\nHis education was completed at the\\nMaine Wesleyan Seminary, at Kent s\\nHill. He taught school for a time\\nwhen a young man, but has farmed\\nnearly all his life. He has filled vari-\\nous offices of minor importance. Is\\nmarried and owns 950 acres of Living-\\nston county land, and there is none\\nbetter in the wide world. In the way\\nof live stock he makes a specialty of\\nroad and carriage horses and thor-\\noughbred cattle. He is regarded as one\\nof the substantial and reliable men of\\nthe house. He has always voted the\\nrepublican ticket, casting his first vote\\nfor Lincoln in 60. He is always in\\nattendance when the house meets.\\nBAILEY A. GOWEK.\\nCommittees: Alines and mining, conting-\\nent expenses, fish and g.iiiu public build-\\nings.\\nGriggs, Edward H., (rep.), Chicago;\\nfire insurance. Bora in Dedham,\\nMass., March 19, 1835. Came to Illi-\\nnois in 56 and was educated in the\\ncommon schools. He was clerk of\\nwhat is now the Second National Bank\\nof Rockford from 56 to 65. In 65 he\\nbought an interest in The Rockford\\nRegister, which he ran successfully as\\na republican paper until 1874, when he\\nEDWARD H. GRIGGS.\\nrelinquished it and moved to Chicago,,\\nwhere he has since resided. For the\\npast ten j^ears he has been connected\\nwith the western department of the", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "60\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nNiagara Fire Insurance company of\\nJSIew York. He was secretary of the\\nsenate in 71, and was a committee\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0clerk in the senate of 69. Was elected\\nto the house in 90, and kept tall) for\\nthe republicans on the clerk of the\\nhouse during the long- and exciting\\ncontest for United States senator in\\n91. He is a quiet man, a hard worker\\nin committee and a staunch repub-\\nlican. He is married:\\nCommittees: Insurance, education, en-\\nrolled and engrossed bills, fish and game,\\nsenatorial apportionment.\\nQuffin, Washington I., (rep.), Paw\\nPaw; grain and coal dealer. Born in\\nCarlisle, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1840, and\\nmoved to Illinois in 69, settling on a\\nfarm near Mahigin s Grove, Lee coun-\\nty, where he went into the dairy and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cheese industry. In 72 the Burlington\\nrailroad ran a branch through the\\ncounty, and established the town of\\nCompton, where Mr. Guffin built an\\nelevator, also one at Paw Paw, and\\nengaged in the grain business, with\\nhis home at Compton. Sixteen years\\nlater he moved to Paw Paw. He was\\neducated in the common and select\\nschools near his boyhood home, owns\\nreal estate in Paw Paw and Evanston,\\nand is married. He was on the county\\nboard in 72; but never was on a jury,\\nv^^as a witness in court only once, and\\nnever had a case in court as plaintiff\\nor defendant. He is very independ-\\nWASHINGTON I. GUFFIN.\\nent in his utterance and a good legis-\\nlator. He was nominated for the leg-\\nislature by the Lee county convention\\nby acclamation. Is always present.\\nCommittees: Congressional apportion-\\nment, revenue, appropriations, municipal\\ncorporations, municipal and state indelited-\\nness.\\nQuthrJe, Noah H., (rep.), Aledo;\\nfarmer. Born in Green Co., Pa.,\\nMarch 6, 1842, and received a common\\nschool education. He worked on a\\nfarm until 61, when he answered the\\nsummons to arms, enlisting in Co. A,\\n7th W. Va. Inf., and served with credit\\nfor over three years. He was in all\\nNOAH H. GUTHRIE.\\nthe great battles of the Army of the\\nPotomac, and was wounded in the\\nright leg at Spottsylvania, necessitat-\\ning the removal of eight inches of the\\ntibia. It is not apparent in his gait,\\nand is regarded as one of the wonders\\nof surgery. In Dec. 64, he came to\\nIllinois and was appointed to the Illi-\\nnois Soldiers College at Fulton,\\nremaining from 67 to 70. He took\\nthe U. S. census for his county in 70;\\nwas elected sheriff the same year, and\\nre-elected in 72, and has farmed most\\nof the time since. Is married and\\nowns 280 acres of land, all finely im-\\nproved. He took the censu s of his\\ntownship in 80 and was elected to the\\nhouse in 92.\\nCommittees: Mines and mining, live\\nstocls and dairying, sanitary affairs, fish\\nand game, contingent expenses.\\nHanker, Charles, (rep.), Toledo; con-\\ntractor and builder, was born in Wit-\\ntenberg, Prussia, May 4, 1843, and\\nmoved with his father to America in\\n62 settling first in Freeburg, St. Clair\\nCo., 111., where he learned the carpen-\\nter trade. He moved to Cumberland\\ncounty in 67 and engaged in the fur-\\nniture business. He is married and\\nowns considerable city property. He\\nhas held various minor offices and has\\nbeen chairman of the republican coun-\\nty central committee. Opportunities\\nfor education were not as plentiful as", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "I.KOISLA riVE SOUVKN I w\\n61\\nnow, and he received the common\\nschool education of the time in which\\nhe was a youth. He is a quiet and\\nmodest member but watches closeU\\nthe moves of the leaders on the floor,\\nCHARLES HANKEK.\\nand is faithful in eittendance. He is\\na g ood, reliable representative.\\nComuilttees: Fees and salaries, public\\nbuildiiij^s, labor and industiial, inannfac\\ntures, military.\\nlianna, D. Caswell, (rep.), Monmouth;\\nfarmer and stock raiser. Born in War-\\nren Co., June 8, 1836, and received a\\ncommon school education. In 60 he\\nwent to Colorado and New Mexico,\\nspending- over a year mining-, teaming,\\netc. He returned home and enlisted in\\nD. CASWELL HANNA.\\nCo. C 91st 111. Inf., in Aug-. 62; was\\nelected first lieutenant. Saw his first\\nservice in Elizabethtown, K3 where\\nthe rebel Gen. John Morgan captured\\nhis command Dec. 2.S, 62. He remained\\nin Benton barracks. Mo., on parole\\nuntil June 63, when he wasexchang-ed\\nand sent to Vicksburg-, arriving- a few-\\ndays after the surrender. After a\\nscouting service of several weeks he\\nreached New Orleans in August, was\\npromoted to the command of his com-\\npany, and participated in the principal\\nbattles of the Arm3 of the Gulf, in-\\ncluding Banks campaig-n to Texas and\\nthe Rio Grande, winding- up his ser-\\nvice in Mobile after taking- part in the\\nsiege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blake-\\nly. He was discharged July 27, 65\\nand returned home. Was married Oct.\\n17. 66 to Miss Martha E. Heaton, and\\nli as a family of five girls and four boys.\\nHe lived in Henderson county for\\nmany years and in 69 was elected\\ncounty clerk, and re-elected in 73\\nwas also mayor of Oquawka one term.\\nJAY L. HASTINGS.\\nIn 76 he moved to Monmouth is in-\\nterested chiefly in agricultural and\\neducational measures.\\nCommittees:\\ndrainaee.\\nWorlds fair, license, farm\\nHastings, Jay L., (rep.), Galesburg-;\\nlawyer. Born June 6, 1858, twelve\\nmiles north of Ottawa, 111. His father\\nis now a lumber merchant in Bay City,\\nMich. Mr. Hastings remained on the\\nLaSalle county farm until he was 12.\\nyears old, when his parents moved on\\na Michigan farm. Afterwards he en-\\ntered L/ombard University, at Gales-\\nInirg-, maintaitiing- himself by corres-\\n]jondin,g for Chicago, St. Louis papers\\nand the Associated Press. He gradua-\\nted in 76 and while in school earned a\\nflattering- reputation for ability and as\\nan orator. He was on The Chicag-o\\nTribune for a time, and then entered", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a062\\nLRGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nthe law office of Hon. O. F. Price, and\\nin two years was admitted to the bar.\\nHe earl} took great interest and be-\\ncame prominent in local and county\\npolitics. He was public administrator\\nof Knox county for four years and has\\nbeen alderman many years. Marred.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, municipal corpor-\\nations, county and township organization,\\nbuilding and loan associations, elections.\\nHawks, James A., (rep.), Atwood;\\ng-rain and lumber dealer. Born in\\nOsweg-o, N. Y., July 19, 1847, and edu-\\ncated at Falley Seminary, Fulton, N.\\nY., and Hamilton College, graduating\\nin 69. He enlisted in the 3d N. Y.\\nArt. when but 17 years old, and was\\ncaptured and placed in lyibby prison,\\nfrom which place he was released when\\nGen. Grant captured Richmond. After\\nthe war he resumed his studies and\\nmoved to Piatt Co., 111., in 69 and\\nJAMES A. HAWKS.\\nstarted in the general merchandise\\nbusiness. In 87 he branched off into\\ngrain and lumber, and has been deal-\\ning in these two ever since. He is\\nmarried and owns 1,280 acres of land.\\nHe has been supervisor and held vari-\\nous minor offices. He was elected to\\nthe house in 82 and returned in 92,\\nand no man stands higher among his\\ncolleagues. He has no hobbies, and\\nscans closely every measure that\\ncomes up. He is a good legislator.\\nCommittees: Banks and banking, finance,\\ndrainage, claims.\\nHawley, Edgar C, (rep.), Dundee;\\nmerchant and stock raiser. Republi-\\ncan leader of the house. Born in Bar-\\nrington, 111., Feb. 20, 1850, and was\\neducated in the public schools and\\nElgin Academy. Is married. Was\\ncashier of the State Grain Inspector s\\noffice in Chicago for a time, and at\\npresent carries on a large business at\\nDundee. Was elected to the house of\\nrepresentatives in 88, 90, and 92.\\nWas the republican caucus nominee\\nEDGAE C. HAWLBT.\\nfor speaker in the present general\\nassembly, and as such became the\\nparty leader and was conceded a chair-\\nmanship with clerk and room for use\\nof republican members He has taken\\nan important part in the legislation of\\nthe general assemblies of which he has\\nbeen a member; is a strong party man\\nand a very shrewd politician.\\nCommittees: Riglits of the minority\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\nsteering committee\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (chairman) railroads,\\nfinance, penal and reformatory, banks and\\nbanlving, agriculture, live stock and dairy-\\ning, rules.\\nEDWARD J. HAYES.\\nHayes, Edward J., (dem.), Chicago;\\nmerchant. Born in Ansonia, Conn.,\\nJuly 9, 1863, and moved to Chicago\\nwith his parents when four months", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "LKCtISLATIVK souvkni k.\\n63\\nold. He \\\\Yas educated in the public\\nschools and worked in a stove foundry\\nfor ten years. The first public office\\nhe has held is the present one. Al-\\nthou one of the 3 oung-est members,\\nMr. Hayes has been complimented by\\nplaces on several important commit-\\ntees. Is not married.\\nCoiiiniittees: Municipal c-orporatioiis,\\nelections, ri-vi mie, license, retrencliincnt,\\nxcciitive department, labor and industrial\\naffairs.\\nHoltslaw, Daniel W., (dem.). luka;\\nfarmer. Born in Marion county, Feb.\\n5, 1849 educated in the county schools.\\nIs married and owns 400 acres.\\nCoiiiniittees: Visit educational institu-\\ntions, (cliairnian), eoiisiressioiial apportit)n-\\nment, ajipropiiations, mines and mining.\\nHenning, Edgar L., (dem.), Piano;\\nbanker and merchant. Born in Ken-\\ndall county, April 8, 1849, and educated\\nin the common schools, at a commer-\\ncial collej^-e and Ann Arbor. He\\nstarted in life on a farm, then beg-an\\nclerking-- in a store, and in 75 engag-ed\\nin the mercantile line himself, con-\\ntintxing- it up to the present da3 He\\nstarted E. L,. Henning s Bank in 79,\\nand it is one of the most substantial\\nand safe institutions in the state. He\\nis married, and owns 600 acres of land\\nbesides town and city property. He\\nhas held various local offices, and has\\nbeen on the board of education for\\nnine years, and president of the board\\nfor four. He is a very industriotts\\nEDGAR L. HENNING.\\nmember, and for his fir.st session is\\nwell posted on legislative work. He is\\na good democrat and valuable member.\\nCoiiiniittees Executive department (ehaii-\\nman), banks ami bankiiiif, appropriations,\\ncanal river improvement and commerce,\\nagriculture, building and loan associations,\\nstate and municipal Indebtedness.\\nHerdman, Alexander B., (dem.). Mor-\\nrisonville; miller and grain dealer.\\nBorn in Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 5,\\n1837, and moved to Illinois with his\\nparents in 42, settling first in Ran-\\ndolph county, where he remained for\\n12 years; they he moved to Jersey\\ncotmty, remaining tmtil 67; then to\\nALE.VAJSUEK B. HERDMAN.\\nBrighton, where he remained until 71,\\nand from 71 to the present time he has\\nbeen a resident of Morrisonville and\\nengaged in his present business. He\\nalways voted the democratic ticket.\\nWas educated in the common school\\nbranches in public and select schools,\\nand finished his edtication at West-\\nminister College, Fulton, Mo. Is mar-\\nried and owns 160 acres in Jersey\\ncounty. Has been connected with\\nschool offices all his life; has been on\\nthe board of supervisors for several\\nyears and was chairman one year and\\nhas been on town boards and president\\nof the same. He desires verj much to\\nsee democratic pledges of economy\\nand reform fulfilled, and every time\\nthe opporttinity occurs votes in that\\ndirection.\\nCommittees: To visit state charitable in-\\nstitutions (chairman), appropriations,\\nrevenue, county and township organization,\\nworld s fair, canal and river improvement\\nand commerce, state institutions.\\nHiggins, Richard T., (rep.), Vanda-\\nlia banker. Born in Cass count}\\n111., June 9, 1842, and left an orphan\\nat the age of 12. When 15 he left the\\nfarm to make his home with his\\nbrother-in-law. Dr. F. B. Haller, of\\nVandalia. He took a full academic\\ncotxrse at Ttiscarora Academy, Pa.,\\nand obtained a complete medical edu-\\ncation at the Chicago Medical College,\\nand Jeffer^^on Medical College. Phila-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64\\nLEGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\ndelphia. He entered the union service\\nas a hospital steward and was pro-\\nmoted on his merits to be assistant\\nsurgeon. In 64 he returned home and\\nentered into partnership with Dr,\\nRICHARD T. HIGGINS.\\nHaller. Althongh very successful in\\nhis profession he was compelled to\\nabandon it to take care of his large\\nbusiness interests. In 75 he was elec-\\nted president of the Farmers and Mer-\\nchants National Bank, which place he\\nnow fills. He is married and owns\\n1,500 acres of farm land in addition to\\nconsiderable city real estate. He has\\nheld various offices of minor import-\\nance; was nominated by acclamation.\\nCommittees: Railroads, appropriations,\\nworlds fair, sanitary affairs.\\nJOHN HOLMES.\\nHolmes, John, (dem.), Medina; far-\\nmer. Born in County Ivondonderry,\\nIreland, June 15, 1824, and emigrated to\\nCanada with his parents in 27, stop-\\nping for a short time and moving on\\nto New York, where the family\\nremained for eight years. In 35 they\\nlocated on a wild piece of land within\\na mile of Mr. Holmes present home.\\nHe has farmed all his life, is healthy,\\nvigorous, and owns 2,500 acres of mag-\\nnificent land farming has paid under\\nhis careful guidance, energy and\\nthrift. He is married and has a family\\nof ten children, and if they carry their\\ncharacter in their faces as does their\\nfather, they can borrow all they want\\nwithout making a note. He received\\nan indifferent education in district\\nschools. He is popular and respected\\nby his neighbors or he would not have\\nheld office for 32 of the 35 years he has\\nlived in Medina township since he was\\n21; he was postmaster seven years and\\nmember of the county board for five\\nyears, being chairman one term. Mr,\\nARCHIBALD W. HOPKINS.\\nHolmes was too modest to permit the\\ntelling of how he saved Peoria county\\nthousands of dollars in the building of\\nthe new court house in the 70 s.\\nCommittees: Canal and river improvement\\nand commerce, public buildings, claims,\\nagriculture, soldiers home, horticulture.\\nHopkins, Archibald W., (rep.), Gran-\\nville, Putnam Co.; farmer. Born 1%\\nmiles east of Granville, and has lived\\non the same spot ever since, his father\\nhaving settled there fifty-eight years\\nago. He was educated in the public\\nschools and at Hillsdale College, Mich.\\nIs not married. Hon. Joel W. Hopkins,\\nhis father, was a republican member\\nof the 27th General Assembly, and is\\n79 years old. They own and operate a\\ngreat deal of valuable land inPutnain\\nand Bureau counties, Mr. Hopkins de-\\nclined to give the number of acres. He", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "LEGISI.ATIVK SOUVENIR.\\n65\\nhas a record as a leg islator that will\\nbear the closest scrutiny, and is one of\\nthe hardest workers in the house. In\\n78 he spent five months travelinj, in\\nEurope, and has visited about every\\npoint of interest in the west and a\\ng-reat deal of the south. He was elec-\\nted to the house in 90 and 92.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Coniinittees: Appropriations, siinitary af-\\nfairs, military, to visit educational institu-\\ntions, worlds fair.\\nJohnson, Caleb C, (dem.). Sterling-;\\nlawyer. Born on a farm in Whiteside\\ncounty May 23, 1844. Educated in the\\ncommon schools iind spent a term in\\nthe military acadenn at Fulton. Ad-\\nmitted to practice law in 67 and\\nbegan practice in 69. Was in the army\\nas a member of Co. C, 69th Illinois, and\\nCo. D, 140th Illinois. Whiteside county\\nis overwhelmitig-ly republican, and\\nthe opportunities for preferment of a\\ndemocrat are few and far between; has\\nbeen a member of the board of super-\\nvisors, and was deputj collector of\\ninternal revenue during- Cleveland s\\nadministration. He was a deleg^ate to\\nthe national democratic convention in\\n88. In 85 and 87 was a member of\\nthe house and was one of the dem-\\nocratic leaders. It was the session of\\n85 that Col. Morrison and Gen. Log-an\\nfoug-ht for the U. S. senatorship, and\\nMr. Johnson was a firm friend of the\\nWaterloo statesman. Is married.\\nCommittees: Judicial department and\\npractice (chairman), rules, steering com-\\nmittee, municipal corporations, federal rela-\\ntions, miscellaneous subjects, joint commit-\\ntee on enrolled and engrossed bills,\\ncongressional apportionment, county and\\ntownship organization.\\nJones, Alba M., (rep.), Milford;\\nmerchant. Born in Stockland town-\\nship, Iroquois Co., May 23, 1856, and\\nwas educated in the common schools\\nwith finishing- touches at Valparaiso\\nUniversity. Is married and well-to-do\\niti this world s troods. He has been a\\nAl^ilA M. .JUJSiSS.\\nmember of the board of supervisors\\nfor seven years, and on the board of\\neducation for five years, and was\\nchairman of the board in 90- 91. Has\\nno hobbies or fancies to work off dur-\\ning- the session, but favors any leg-is-\\nlation that is beneficial to the people\\nof the state. Is present at every ses-\\nsion and is a good representative.\\nCommittees: World s faii-, roads and\\nbridges, building and loan associations,\\nmilitary, farm drainage, senatorial appor-\\ntionment.\\nNOKMAN L. JONKS.\\nJones, Norman L., (dem.), Carroll-\\nton; abstracts and loans. Born in\\nPatterson, 111., Sept. 19, 1870, and is\\nthe baby of the general assembly.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0082\u00ac6\\nLEGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nHis father moved his family to Car-\\nroUton in 72 and here Mr. Jones was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0educated in the high school, graduat-\\ning in 88, and completing his studies\\nat Valparaiso and West Point Militarj^\\nAcademy. He taught school for two\\n-winters in Fayette, 111. Is not mar-\\nried, and has not been a voter long\\nenough to have a record as a servant\\nof the people. Although it is early in\\nthe session he gives promise of be-\\ncoming a useful and influential mem-\\nb)er, and is a credit to his constituents,\\nliis party and himself.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, appro-\\npriations, education, military, executive de-\\npartment, manufactures, library.\\n*Johnson, Richard fl., (rep), Levings;\\nfarmer. Born in Morgan Co., Ky.,\\nFeb. 24, 1842; educated in common\\nschools and served in the Union army\\nin Co. A, 22d Ky. Inf. Is married and\\nowns 200 acres.\\nCommittees: Warehouses, world s lair,\\nfederal relations, miscellaneous.\\nKaiser, Louis, (rep.), Bushnell; re-\\ntired merchant. Born in Vacha, King-\\ndom of Saxony, July 29, 1841, and in\\nSS emigrated alone when 17 years old\\nto Burlington, Iowa, whera he remain-\\ned until April, 61, when he started in\\nbusiness for himself in the dry goods\\nline at Young America, now Kirkwood,\\n111. He remained there until 65, when\\nhe moved to Bushnell continuing the\\nsame business until 91, when he\\nLOUIS KAISER.\\nretired to enjoy the accumulations\\nof thirty years close application to\\nbusiness. He went into business for\\nhimself at 19, was married at 21, and a\\ngrandfather at 45; is possessed of an\\nindependent fortune, including 1,600\\nacres of land, the fruit of hard work\\nand shrewdness. He has been mayor\\nof Bushnell for three terms, one term\\non the board of education, and presi-\\ndent of the Bushnell fair for several\\nyears. He received a common school\\neducation, and is bending his energies\\ntoward securing a uniform text book\\nlaw for Illinois, and also advocates a\\nLAWKENCM KELLX.\\nlaw that permits the payment of\\ntaxes semi-annually, to benefit the\\nfarmer.\\nCommittees; Appropriations, finance,\\nwarehouses, horticulture, elections.\\nKelly, Lawrence, (dem.), Martins-\\nville; farmer. Born in County West-\\nmeath, Ireland, Dec. 15, 1837, and on\\nthe death of his father his mother\\nstarted with him for the new world in\\n48, but she died on the ocean. He\\nlanded in New Orleans friendless and\\nalone and drifted around until 50,\\nwhen he settled in Clark Co., 111., in\\nthe same school district that is now\\nhis home. Mr. Kelly has had only a\\nfair education. Is comfortable so far\\nas this world s goods go, having\\naccumulated over 200 acres of fertile\\nland by industry, frugality and close\\nattention to business. His main\\ncharacteristic is a sturdy spirit of self-\\nreliance. Is married. He has repre-\\nsented his township in the count)\\nboard, and was elected to the house in\\n90 and 92. In the session of 91 he\\nstood in the front rank for Palmer for\\nU. S. senator; is a conservative and\\ncareful member, and is very popular\\namong his colleagues.\\nCommittees: Contingent expenses (chair-\\nman) live stock and dairying, agriculture,\\nrailroads, horticulture, state institutions,\\nroads and bridges, executive department,\\nretrenchment.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n67\\nKing, William H., (rep.), Chicag-o;\\nreal estate and loans. Bom in Erie\\nCo., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1844, and moved to\\nChicaj^o in Aug 68, and has lived\\nthere ever since. He practicallj edu-\\ncated himself in the common school\\nbranches. President Lincoln s call\\nfor troops in 61 aroused his piitriotisni\\nwilham h. king.\\nand he responded bv enlisting in\\nCo. B, 14th Wis. Inf. in June, 61,\\nand served for nearU four years, par-\\nticipating- in the battles of Fort\\nDonelson, Shiloh (where he was\\nwounded in the head and left leg),\\nCorinth, luka, Jackson, Vicksburg\\n{where he was wounded in the right\\narna), the Red River expedition, and\\nwas in the campaign from Nashville\\nto Savannah with Sherman. He re-\\nceived five g-unshot wounds. Is mar-\\nried. Learned the carpenter s trade\\nbefore the war. He is a 32d degree\\nMason, and past post commander of\\nthe G. A. R., and has also been treas-\\nurer of the Veteran Union League for\\nthe past eight years.\\nComniittees: Municipal corporations,\\npenal and reformatory, insurance, flsh and\\ngame, executive deijartnient.\\n*Kroh, Philip H., (dem.), Anna;\\npreacher. Born in Frederick Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 10, 1824; educated at Woodward\\nColleg-e, Cincinnati, and at the\\nColumbus Theolog-ical Seminary; was\\nchaplain of the 109th 111. Inf. Fleeted\\ncounty superintendent of schools in\\n63; is married.\\nComniittees: History (chairman), public\\ncharities, public buildings, manufactures,\\nclaims, roads and bridges.\\nKent, William E., (rep.), Chicag-o;\\nreal estate. Born in County Cork,\\nIreland, Jan. 6, 1861, and emig-rated\\nwith his parents to Middletown, Conn.,\\nin 64. He was educated in the com-\\nmon schools of Connecticut, working\\non the farm meantime. He moved to\\nChicago in 81; learned the carpenter s\\ntrade and followed it for two years.\\nThen he went into the Custom House\\nas clerk under Jesse Spaulding-, re-\\nmaining- for another two years, and\\nwas deputy coroner of Cook county\\nfor four 3 ears. He studied civil eng-i-\\nneering- and took contracts for sinking-\\nmines and erecting- shafting-s, and\\nother work in that connection. He\\nwas in this line when he lost his eye-\\nsig-ht in Feb. 92, a man who was crazy\\ndrunk blazing away at him with both\\nbarrels of a shot-g-un. To the surprise\\nof everyone he recovered, but lost both\\neyes. Since then he has dabbled in\\nreal estate to some extent. He has\\nalways been very active in republican\\npolitics, and is one of the shrewdest\\nrepublican workers in Cook county.\\nHe was deleg -ate to national republican\\nconventions in 84 and 88, and alter-\\nnate-at-larg -e in 92; has been on the\\nCook county committee for niatiy years\\noif and on. He was a member of the\\nhouse in 89.\\nCommittees: Corporations, mmiicipal cor-\\nporations, warehouses, license, retrench-\\nment.\\nKwasigroch, John A,, (dem.), Chi-\\ncag-o; real estate. Born in Polish\\nGerman^ Jan. 18, 1866 was the second\\nWILLIAM K. KEJSX.\\nyoung-est member of the 37th g-eneral\\nassembU and was re-elected to the\\npresent legislature by an increased\\nmajority. Moved to Chicago in 71 and\\neducated in the St. Stanislaus Kostka\\nparish school. After the death of his\\nfather was employed as messeng-er by", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68\\nI.EGISI ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nthe American District Telegraph com-\\npany, and is now engaged in the real\\nestate business. He was one of the\\n101 who stood by Gen. Palmer from\\nstart to finish without flinching- in 91,\\n}m is^-\\nJ^ M^^\\ni\\nWmm\\nJOHN A. KWASRiKOCH.\\nand had several important committee\\nassignments. Is very prominent in\\n,Cook county politics; is not married.\\nCommittees: Corporations, warehouses,\\nsanitary affairs, printing, miscellaneous sub-\\njects, license, world s fair.\\nLanghenry, Qodfred, (rep.), Chi-\\ncago; lawyer. Born in Chicago April\\n1, 1861, and has lived in the metropolis\\nall his life. Was educated in the com-\\nmon schools, and at the ag-e of 15 went\\ninto the wholesale house of Marshall\\nGODFRED LANGHENin\\nField Co., where he remained until\\nhe was 29, being promoted from stock\\nboy to charge of a section of the no-\\ntion department. During the last two\\nyears he was there he attended even-\\ning classes in the Chicago College of\\nLaw, graduated in June, 90, and im-\\ninediately began practicing his pro-\\nfession, devoting himself exclusively\\nto civil business, and has had more\\nthan ordinary success. He is also\\nsecretary-treasurer of the Eagle Ivitho-\\ngraphing Co., one of the largest con-\\ncerns in Chicago; is married.\\nCommittees: Kailroads, judiciary, muni-\\ncipal corporations, executive department,\\nlibraries, steering committee.\\nLeavitt, Thomas N., (rep.), Maroa;\\nmerchant and banker. Born in Rock-\\ningham county, N. H., October 6, 1838,\\nand moved to Peoria with his parents\\nin 44, and to Maroa in 61, rented a\\nfarm and settled down. The call for\\ntroops aroused his martial ardor and\\nhe enlisted in Co. C, 66th 111. Inf., and\\nafter three years hard service he\\nTHOMAS N. LEAVITT.\\nreturned to the plow and sickle. After\\ntwo years farm work he started a\\ngrocery store in Maroa, and gradually\\nadded farm implements and other\\nlines; then went into the lumber and\\ncoal business, and in 91 assisted in\\norganizing the State Bank of Clinton,\\nof which he is president; is also presi-\\ndent of the Leavitt Oglevee Co.,\\ndealers in farm implements and lum-\\nber. For a few months he was a fire-\\nman on the first railroad that ran\\ninto Peoria the present Peoria divis-\\nion of the Rock Island. He was edu-\\ncated in the public schools and finished\\nat the Northern Illinois institute, then\\na thriving institution at Henry. Is\\nmarried, and besides bank stock, etc.,\\nand real estate, owns 1,000 acres of\\nland; was postmaster of Maroa for 17", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "I.RGISI.ATIVE SOrVKNIK.\\n69\\nyears, and has been supervisor and\\nchairman of the Macon county board.\\nC oniniitiot s: Kevenue, warehouses,\\nbanks and banking, manufactures, misi-el-\\nlaneous.\\n*Lewis, Albert W., (rep.)- Harris-\\nburj, lawyer. Born Nov. 30, 1856, in\\nClinton Co., C). Educated at Wihnini,^-\\nton Collef, e and was admitted to\\nthe bar in 82. Is married, and has\\nheld minor offices city attorney\\nstate s attorney, etc.\\nConiniittees: Judicial department, fees and\\nsalaries, building; and loan associations,\\ncon/jfressional ai)p()iti()nmciit.\\nLyman, William H., (dem.), Clii-\\ncaj^o; contractor. Born in Chicaj^^o\\nJune 27, 1861, and was educated in the\\npublic schools of that city. He after-\\nwards traveled four years for M.\\nShields Co. Is married. He is now\\na partner with his father as a con-\\ntractor, and they do a larg-e and profit-\\nable business. He was elected to the\\ng eneral assenibU in 88, 90, and was\\nreturned in 92 by an increased major-\\nity. In the session of 91 he partici-\\npated in the stirrinjf scenes incident\\nto the election of Gen. Palmer to the\\nU. S. Senate, and risked his life for\\nmany days in order to cast his vote in\\nthe joint assembly, having been car-\\nried into the house in an invalid s\\nchair. He pays particular attention\\nto the wants of the laborini;- man. and\\nWILLIAJl H. LVMAN.\\nin 91 had charg-e in the house of the\\nbill to prevent non-union cigar fac-\\ntories using union labels or imitations\\nthereof, which became a law.\\nCommittees: Municipal corporations\\n(chairman), railroads, fees and salaries,\\nlabor and industrial affairs, libraries, con-\\ngressional apportionment.\\nflcQee, J. Park, (dem.), Tuscola;\\nphysician and stock raiser. Born in\\nClark Co., Ind., Jan. 5, 1848, and\\nuK^ ed to Douglas county in 74 and\\nhas been there ever since. He was\\neducated in the public schools and at\\nWabash college. His medical educa-\\ntion was obtained in Cincinnati. Rush\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I. I AUK M ;ee.\\nMedical College conferred a compli-\\nmentary degree on him for services\\nrendered the medical profession in the\\nlegislative session of 85. When only\\n16 years of age he enlisted in the\\narmy as a private in Co. K, 137th Ind.\\nInf. Is not married, owns 350 acres of\\nland, and is extensively engaged in\\nraising trotting horses. He has been\\nnominated to the house three times\\nevery year that Cleveland ran for\\npresident found Dr. McGee on the\\ndemocratic ticket for representative\\nand he was elected ever) time, and\\nserved on the appropriations commit-\\ntee eeich session.\\nCommittees: lUiildinji and loan associa-\\ntions chairman), appropriations, educa-\\ntion, warehouses, tinance, to visitpenal and\\nreft)rmatoi-y institutions.\\n*r\\\\cClure, Samuel H., (dem.), Eureka;\\nfarnrer. Born in Danville, 111., Nov.\\n2, 1827; educated in common schools;\\nwas in the mercantile business fourteen\\nyears. Is married, and owns 800 acres.\\nHe has held various township offices.\\nCommittees: County and township organi-\\nzation, public charities, roads and bridges,\\nfarm drainage, horticulture.\\nricGinley, James E., (dem.), Chi-\\ncago; plumber. Born in Chicago\\nMarch 6, 1866, and educated at a\\nCatholic parochial school and the\\nWest Division High School, graduat-\\ning from the latter. He learned his", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "70\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nfather s trade; is a member of the firm\\nof J. McGinley Sons, plumbers. He\\nis a young man with a bright political\\nfuture before him. Was one of the\\nfirst to be elected on the ward coinmit-\\nJAMES E. M GINLET.\\ntee under the new constitution of the\\nCook County Democracy. Is not mar-\\nried. Was elected to the house by a\\nlabor constituency, and pays especial\\nattention to their wants; he also advo-\\ncates any legislation that will compel\\nthe railroads to elevate their tracks\\nin Chicago, and has a bill in the house\\nwhich will accomplish that result.\\nCommittees: Corporations, license, sani-\\ntry affairs, libraries, retrenchment.\\nMclnerney, flichael, (dem.), Chi-\\ncago; mantifacturer. Born in Ireland\\nMICHAEL M INERNEY.\\nFeb. 2, 1857, and moved to Chicago\\nwhen 14 years old. Received a com-\\nmon school education and has always\\nteen known as one of the working\\ndemocrats of Cook county. He\\namassed a fortune by shrewd opera-\\ntions in real estate, and is secretary-\\ntreasurer of one of the largest brick\\nmanufactories in the state. He has\\nbeen collector of the Town of L^ake.\\nIs married. He was elected to the\\nhouse in 90 and re-elected in 92. In\\nthe first session he took an active\\ninterest in the election of Gen. Paltner\\nto the senate, and contributed not a\\nlittle to the general s success. Mr.\\nMclnerney has been a leader in both\\nsessions.\\nCommittees Enrolled and engrossed bills\\n(chairman), warehouses, corporations,\\npenal and reformatory institutions, munici-\\npal corporations, banks and banking, live\\nstock and dairying, loan and homestead\\nassociations, senatorial apportionment,\\nsteering committee.\\nricKinlay, Robert L., (dem.), Paris;\\nlawyer. The democratic leader in the\\nEGBERT L. Jl KlNLAY.\\nhouse. Born in Cincinnati July 14,\\n1839, and moved to Paris in 68. He\\nwas educated in the common schools\\nof Cincinnati, gradviating in the high\\nschool, and spent some time at the\\nAnnapolis naval academy. Obtained\\nhis legal education at the Cincinnati\\nLaw School, graduating in 61, being\\nadmitted to the bar the same year. He\\nwas captain of Co. A, 59th, and adju-\\ntant of the 22d O. Inf.; saw hard ser-\\nvice in West Virginia and west Ten-\\nnessee. Returning from the army he\\ntook up the practice of his profession,\\nand is regarded as one of the most suc-\\ncessful lawyers in Eastern Illinois. Is\\nmarried and owns considerable prop-\\nerty in Paris. He was city attorney of\\nParis for many years, and was elected\\nto the house in 76, 78, 86 and 92.\\nHe made a magnificent canvass of the", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "I,EOISI,ATlVE SOUVENIK.\\n71\\nstate in 84, as democratic candidate\\nfor attorne3 -g eneral, and ran a hope-\\nless race aj^eiinst J. G. Cannon for con-\\ngress in 88. He is one of the strong-est\\nmen in the house, and as chairman of\\nthe committee on apjiropriations\\nhas charg-e of that important subject\\nin the house.\\nCommittees: Appropriations (chairman),\\nsteering eomniittee (chairman), rules, judi-\\nciary, municipal corporations, joint rules,\\neducation, tinance, fcdci al relations, county\\nand tt)wnslilp organization.\\n*McCrone, George C, (rep.), Quincy;\\nhiwyer. Born near Hartford, Conn.,\\nAug-. 22, 1857, and spent two years as\\na western cattle herder; educated at\\nDartmouth Colleg^e and Ann Arbor.\\nElected to the house in 90 and 92. Is\\nmarried.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, municipal cor-\\nporations, claims, reti enchment.\\n*r\\\\cMurdy, Robert, (rep.), Chicag-o;\\nlawyer. Born in Frankfort, Ky.,\\nMarch 8, 1860, and received a coUeg^iate\\neducation. Is married.\\nConnnittees: Judiciary, municipal cor-\\nporations, elections, congressional appor-\\ntionment, M orld s fair.\\nMcKenzie, John C, (rep.), Elizabeth;\\nlawyer. Born in Woodbine township,\\nJo Daviess Co., Feb. 18, 1860. He re-\\nceived a common school education and\\nstudied law with Judg^e W. T. Hodson,\\nof Galena, and was admitted to prac-\\ntice in 89. He worked on a farm\\nwhen not at school in his youth. He\\nJOHN C. MKENZIK.\\nhas practiced his profession since 89\\nand is also interested in the shipping-\\nof live stock, in which he is exten-\\nsively eng-ag-ed. He has been super-\\nvisor and has held various minor\\noflfices. Is married and is in comforta-\\nble circumstances. Mr. McKenzie is\\nnot a silent member of the house. Nor\\ndoes he make many speeches he fills\\na mean between the two extremes.\\nCommittees: Roads and bridges, insur-\\nance, tish and game, miscellaneous subjects,\\njudicial department, printing.\\nMcKnight, Sargeant, (rep.), Girard;\\nreal estate. Born in Macoupin Co.,.\\nSAKGKANT M KNIGHT.\\n111., Jan. 6, 1844; parents were Vir-\\ng-inians. He was educated in common\\nschools, and enlisted as a private in\\nCo. H., 122d 111. Inf. in Aug-., 62. Was\\nelected first serg-eant and promoted to\\nsecond lieutenant Dec. 31, 62. Served\\nas inspector on the staff of Col. Hicks,\\ncommanding post of Paducah, Ky.,.\\nand participated in the repulse of Gen.\\nForrest on Fort Anderson in March,\\n64. Later he served as provost mar-\\nshal of the city of Paducah. In Dec.\\n64, he was appointed aide-de-camp on\\nthe staff of Gen. Garrard, commanding-\\nsecond division, 16th army corps, and\\nparticipated in the battle of Nashville\\nDec. 15-16, 64. Promoted to captain by\\nbrevet by the presidenf f or g-allant and\\nmeritoriotis services during- the cam-\\npaign against the city of Mobile and\\ndefenses was mvistered out of service\\nin July, 65, and rettirned to Girard, en-\\ngaging- in the dry goods business and\\nthe manufacture of woolen goods, and\\nremained in active business until 89.\\nIn May, 66, was married to Miss Vir-\\ng -inia A. Boggen. Served as member\\nof the board of supervisors of Macou-\\npin countj^; for four A ears was captain\\nin the 5th regiment, I. N. G.; was aide-\\nde-camp on the staff of Gov. Fifer\\nwith rank of colonel. He is past com-\\nmander of Luke Mayfield post, G. A.\\nR., and was representative from Illi-\\nnois to the national encampment at", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nBoston; in 93 was ag^ain selected as a\\ndelegate-at-large to the national en-\\ncampment. Was aide-de-camp on the\\nstaff of Gens. Veazey and Palmer, com-\\nmanders-in-chief, G. A. R. He was\\nchosen minority candidate for repre-\\nsentative from the 38th district without\\nopposition.\\nCommittees Steeringcommittee,railrof,ds,\\ncounty Mild township organizatioii, live\\nstocK and dairying, claims, retrenchment,\\nsenatorial apportionment.\\nricMillan, James T., (dem.), Jack-\\nsonville; lawyer. Born on a farm\\nnear Spring-field Jan. 27, 1840, and\\nwhen 13 years old his father moved on\\na farm near Jacksonville, permitting-\\nMr. McMillan to attend the Jackson-\\nville schools. He graduated from the\\nhig-h school while Hon. Newton Bate-\\nman was principal. Then he sjetit\\nthree years in Illinois College and one\\nyear in the literar}^ department of Ann\\nArbor Univer^itj^ He graduated from\\nUnion College, New York, in 63, and\\ntook a term of medicine at Columbia\\nCollege and eight months at Bellevue\\nHospital. He was one of a number\\nwho volunteered to g-o to the battle\\nfield of AntietaiTL and care for the sick\\nand wounded, but the labor was too\\narduous and he had to g-ive it up. Still\\nthirsting- for the highest medical edu-\\ncation, he returned to Ann Arbor for\\nanother term and graduated in medi-\\ncine. But he discovered that he could\\nJAMES T. M MIL LAN.\\nnot stand the night work and hard life\\nof a physician, so he quit it and took\\nup the law, and after g-raduating at\\nAnn Arbor located in Detroit, remain-\\ning about a year, and then he returned\\nto Jacksonville, where he has been ever\\nsince. He gives a g-reat deal of atten-\\ntion to 600 acres of land owned by his\\nwife and himself. He is married and\\na member of the g-rang-e org-anization.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, judicial depart-\\nment, elections, banks and banking, public\\nbuildings, roads and bridges.\\nMartin, John S., (rep.), Bridg-eport;\\nteacher. Born Oct. 29, 1861, on aLaw-\\nJOHN S. MAKTIN.\\nrence county farm, and educated in\\nthe common schools. Attended the\\nCentral Normal Colleg-e of Indiana,\\npaying his tuition by teaching. This\\nillustrates the character of the man,\\nfull of pluck and energy. Never held\\nan office before and did not seek the\\npresent place in the house. Is married.\\nHe is a strong- advocate of compulsory\\neducation and is decidedly in favor of\\nstate uniformity of text books. Mr.\\nMartin is always present and is a\\nuseful and able legislator.\\nCommittees: Education, printing, libra-\\nries, history-geology and science, flsh and\\ngame, state and municipal indebtedness.\\nMerritt, Edward L., (dem.), Spring--\\nfield; journalist. Was born in New\\nYork City. While yet a child his parents\\nmoved to a farm near Lebanon, 111.\\nSchools were of a poor quality then,\\nand he only attended one for twelve\\nmonths, being apprenticed in the print-\\ning business at the ag-e of 11. The\\nfamily removing- to Salem, the father\\nstarted The Advocate, Edward L*. g-o-\\ning with him, and becoming a g-ood\\npractical printer. For about four\\n3 ears he was civil eng-ineer on the O.\\nM. R. R. In 58 he boug-ht an inter-\\nest in The Salem Advocate, and edit-\\ned it until 65, when he bought an in-\\nterest in The Springfield Register.\\nHe was identified with this paper for\\nfifteen years as editor and publisher,", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "IvECISr^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n73\\nand made a great reputation for the\\npaper and himself throughout the\\nunion. He was a member of the state\\ncommittee for twelve years at this\\ntime, and was secretary for several\\ncampaig-ns. In 74 and 76 he was prac-\\ntically the manag-er of the democratic\\ncampaign. He has alwaj s been in ad-\\nvance of his party on the tariff, being\\npractically a free trader, taking that\\nposition in the state convention of 71,\\nand succeeding after a hard fight in\\nhaving a plank adopted that was clear\\nand emphatic. In 66 President John-\\nson appointed him pension agent at\\nSpringfield, but the senate rejected\\nhim on account of his political views;\\nhe was reappointed twice and rejected\\neach time. He was elected to the\\nhouse in 90 and again in 92, and was\\na leader and on the steering committee\\nm^\\n:t*\\nJ\\n^Mfkg^^^^M\\nEDWAUI) L. MEHKITT.\\nin each. His family is one of the most\\nprominent in the state in politics, jour-\\nnalism and war. Is married.\\nCoimuittees: Insuiaiife (ehuiriiian) edu-\\ncation, appropriations, military, world s\\nfair, agricultiuf, sen itorial apportionment,\\npenal and reformatory, steering eommittee.\\nMay, Stephen D., (dem.), Chicago;\\nlawyer. Born in Balvidere, 111., June\\n3, lS-61, and educated at Illinois Col-\\nlege. Jacksonville, and Ann Arbor,\\ng-raduating- from the latter in 84. He\\nwas admitted to practice in 86 and has\\nattained a commanding position at the\\nChicago bar. He is not married. He\\nv^as elected to the house in 90 from a\\nstrong republican district and was re-\\nturned last fall. Mr. May was one of\\nGov. Palmer s staunchest friends\\nduring the memorable senatorial con-\\ntest of 91, and in the same session in-\\ntroduced and championed with energy-\\na bill giving the laboring people a\\nSaturday half-holiday, which failed of\\npassage throug-h no fault of Mr. May.\\nHe is very active in important legisla-\\ntion and closely watches measures per-\\nSTEPHEN D. MAT.\\ntaining- to the interests of his con-\\nstituents.\\nCommittees: License (oliairman) judi-\\nciary, judicial department, finance, building\\nand loan associations, insuiance, contingent\\nexpenses, congressic)nal apportionment.\\nMeyer, Charles F., (rep.), Kirkland;\\nfarmer. Born in Hanover, Germany,\\nJan. 1, 1843, and in 60 emig-rated to\\nthe New World, coming direct to the\\ngarden spot, northern Illinois. En-\\nlisted in Co. A, 153d 111. Inf. He\\nCHAULES F. JIEYEi;.\\ntaught school at various points in\\nnorthern Illinois for several years, and\\nin 67 commenced farming, is at it j^et\\nand has made it pay, for he owns 345", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nacres of splendid land in DeKalb\\ncounty. Is married and has held\\nseveral town and school offices. Mr.\\nMeyer is a quiet member, but posts\\nhimself on every measure that comes\\nup and votes intelligently.\\nCommittees: Revenue, public charities,\\nmines and mining, congressional apportion-\\nment.\\nMeyer, Ernst, (dem.), Deer Plain,\\nCalhoun Co.; farmer. Born Nov. 26,\\n1831, in Prussia, and received his edu-\\ncation at the Berlin High School. He\\ncame to the United States in 60 and\\nworked as a laborer on the Delaware\\nLackawanna railroad; also on a\\nfarm. In June, 62, he enlisted in the\\nArmy of the Potomac, and served\\nuntil the close of the war. He partici-\\npated in the battles of the Wilderness,\\nSpottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Pe-\\ntersburg. Was wounded at Ream s\\nStation, Va., and limps in conse-\\nBRNST MBTEK.\\nquence. He never applied for a pen-\\nsion. He moved to Calhoun Co., 111.,\\nin July, 65, and engaged in farming.\\nHe was county commissioner four\\nyears, and as a school director had his\\ndistrict adopt the system of providing\\nthe school children with necessary\\ntext books free. As a member of the\\nhouse in 91 he helped elect Senator\\nPalmer, and on no roll call was he\\nabsent or not voting. In May, 76,\\nhe married Miss Amelia Dinkier, has\\nthree sons and lives on his extensive\\nfarm of 2,800 acres at Deer Plain.\\nCommittees: Soldiers home (chairman),\\ncanal-river improvement and commerce,\\neducation, military, drainage, fish and\\ngame, liorticulture.\\nMiller, Joseph E., (dem.), Belleville;\\nfarmer and stock raiser, was born in\\nSt. Clair county June 8, 1842. He was\\neducated in the common schools and at\\nthe Christian Brothers University, St.\\nlyouis, graduating in 59. He has al-\\nways been a farmer, is married and\\nowns 250 acres of splendid land. He\\nJOSEPH K. MILLEK.\\nwas a member of the county board for\\ntwo terms and has held various minor\\noffices. He inaugurated his work in\\nthe house by defeating the aim of a\\nnumber of the older members, who\\nsought to kill the dairy commissioner\\nbill, which is in the interest of the\\nfarmer and dairyman. He is particu-\\nlarly strong in committee work.\\nCommittees: Fees and salaries, live stock\\nand dairying, drainage, fish and game, sol-\\ndiers home, world s fair, horticvilture.\\nJOHN MEYER.\\nrieyer, John, (rep.), Chicago; law-\\nyer. Born in the Kingdom of Hol-\\nland Feb. 27, 1852, emigrated to Chi-\\ncago in 67 and has lived there ever", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "lp:oisi^ative souvknik.\\n75\\nsince. Received his education at the\\nNorthwestern University and the\\nUnion Colleg e of Law, yraduatinj^ in\\n79 was admitted to the bar the same\\nyear, and has had a very successful\\npractice every since, almost exclus-\\nively in civil cases. Is married and\\nwas elected to the house in 86, 88, 92.\\nHe is one of the republican leaders in\\nthe present house; is a quick, forcible\\nspeaker and a splendid parliamen-\\ntarian. In the session of 89 he handled\\nthe measure crediting- the Chicag o\\nSanitary District for drainag-e pur-\\nposes, and to his skillful g eneralship\\nis attributed to a great extent the suc-\\ncess of the measure.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, corporations, in-\\nsurance, elections, senatorial apportion-\\nment, steering committee.\\nMitchell, Benjamin Marion, (dem.),\\nChicayo; printer and publisher. Born\\nin (juincy Jan. 30, 1869. When he was\\nseven months old his parents moved to\\nChicag o, and he was educated in the\\npublic schools of that city, g raduating-\\nfrom the Brown school on the West\\nSide. Is a member of the Cook\\nCounty Democratic, the Chicag o\\nBachelors and County Democracy\\nMarching clubs. He has worked for\\nthe Western Union, for Marshall\\nField, Schlesing-er Mayer and Pard-\\nridge; was chief bundle wrapper in\\nCoutant Co. s, filled the same posi-\\ntion and was promoted timekeeper in\\nBENJAMIN M. MITCHELL.\\nthe Bee-Hive. Then he was general\\ncity agent for the Cable Cigar Co.\\nHe was elected at 19 secretary of the\\nregular Thirteenth Ward Democratic\\nClub, which he held until 90, when he\\nwas made president of the club, and\\nhas taken an active part in all cam-\\npaigns. Is not married. Lives at 75\\nColumbia place, near Garfield Park,\\nand is a good speaker.\\nCommittees: Municipal corporations,\\nrevenue, warehouses, fees and salarieSv\\n))uildinfd; and loan associations, military,\\nmiscellaneous, printin;^.\\nMoore, William A., (dem.), Morton;\\nfarmer. Born in Todd Co., Ky., Nov^\\nWILLIAM A. MOORE.\\n1, 1839, and when but seven years old.\\nhis parents moved to Illinois and set-\\ntled in Woodford county, near the\\npresent site of Eureka. There he spent\\nhis youth and obtained an education,\\nthe opportunities for which in that\\nearly day were exceedingly limited.\\nHowever, pluck and energy with suffi-\\ncient ambition to attract spurred him\\non, and by hard knocks he learned the\\ncommon school branches. He worked\\nin daylight and studied by the light of\\na tallow dip. At the age of 19 he ob-\\ntained a certificate to teach. In 62 he\\nmarried, and in 63 moved to Morton\\ntownship, where he now resides on his.\\nfarm he owns 400 acres of as good\\nland as the sun ever shone upon. He\\nhas always been a stalwart democrat,\\nand has been honored with many minor\\noffices, and was a member of the house\\nin 77, declining a unanimous renomi-\\nnation in 78 on account of sickness in\\nhis family. He is one of the best rep-\\nresentatives of the agricultural class\\nin the general assembly and his former\\nexperience has been of value to him\\nthis session. The interests of the ag-\\nriculturist are carefully guarded by\\nhim. Mr. Moore is always in his seat\\nduring sessions.\\nCommittees Horticulture (chairman),\\ncanal-rivei improvement and commerce,\\npenal and reformatory, state institutions^\\nrevenue, federal relations, claims, drainage", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "76\\nI^EGISIvATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nMorris, Freeman P., (dem.), Wat-\\nseka; lawyer. Born in Cook county,\\nMarch 19, 1854, and when 20 years old\\nmoved to Watseka. He received his\\neducation in Chicag o and his legal\\neducation at the Union I^aw College;\\nwas admitted to the bar in 74. Is\\nmarried, and owns a handsome home\\nwith splendid appointments in Wat-\\nseka besides other valuable real estate.\\nApril 21, 93, Gov. Altgeld appointed\\nMr. Morris on his staff with the rank\\nof colonel. He has held various local\\noffices and was elected to the house in\\n84, 88 and 92, and has had a great\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2deal to do in moulding legislation at\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0every session. He is one of the best\\nlawyers in this session, so prolific in\\ng-reat legal minds, and possesses an\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2easy, graceful delivery in speaking that\\nis pleasing and effective. Is chairman\\nFREE. p. MORKIS.\\nof the caucus, is one of the democratic\\nleaders and is on the steering com-\\nmittee.\\nCommittees: Judiciary (chairman), judi-\\ncial department, ibunicipal corporations,\\ninsuraace, license, world s fair, federal re-\\nlations, rules, joint rules, enrolled and en-\\ngrossed bills, steering committee.\\nriounts, William L., (dem.), Carlin-\\nville; lawyer and banker, was born in\\nCarlinville Aug. 31, 1862, and educated\\nat Blackburn University, graduating\\nin the scientific course. Is married and\\nowns and controls 2,000 acres of farm\\nand coal land. He has held the offi-\\nces of city treasurer, city attorney\\nand is the present mayor of Carlin-\\nville. He was secretary of the dem-\\nocratic committee of Macoupin county\\nfor eight years, and stands high in\\nthe estimation of his constituents.\\nHe believes that pledges are not made\\nby politicians and parties to be\\nbroken, and insisted on the house or-\\ndering an investigation of the state\\nauditor s and state treasurer s offices,\\ncarrying the point against very influ-\\nential members republican and dem-\\nWILLIAM L. MOUNTS.\\nocratic. He believes all interest should\\nbe covered into the treasury.\\nCommittees: State and municipal indebt-\\nedness (chairman), municipal corporations,\\njudiciary, insurance, state institutions, fees\\nand salaries, military, federal relations.\\nMuir, Robert H., (rep.), Clyde, Cook\\nCo.; clerk. Born in Glasgow, Scot-\\nland, April 17, 1848, and emigrated\\nwith his parents to America in 50,\\nstopping first at Syracuse; then in\\ntnrn his father moved to Quebec,\\nStratford and Naponee, Canada,\\nEOBERX H. MUIK.\\nfinally settling in Chicago in 66. He\\nreceived a good education in the com-\\nmon schools and at Naponee Univer-\\nsity, graduating in 65; he also grad-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "LKGISI.ATIVK SOUVKNIK.\\n77\\nuated from the Union College of Law,\\nChicago, in 79, and was admitted to\\npractice in 81. He did not practice\\nlong, however. He has been trustee of\\nthe town of Cicero, president of the\\nschool board and school trustee, and\\nhas been a deputy clerk in the Cook\\ncounty circuit clerk s office fourteen\\nyears, a place which he now fills to\\nthe satisfaction of those with whom\\nhe comes in contact. He is n careful\\nand painstaking legislator, and exam-\\nines all measures that come up. Is\\nmarried.\\noininittees: Senatorial apportionment,\\nlifcnse, warehouses, lahor and industrial\\naffairs, agrieulture, judieial department.\\nriuIHgan, Joseph H., (dem.), Kewa-\\nnee; railroad agent. Born in Ken-\\ntucky Sept. 12, 1855, and a 3 ear later\\nhis parents moved to Young America,\\nafterwards Kirkwood, 111., where he\\nreceived what education he has in the\\npublic schools. Is married and began\\nlife as a farm hand, quitting this to\\nwork as laborer on the present Rock\\nIsland branch of the Burlington road\\nthen he worked on a section for sever-\\nal years, and got a job switching in the\\nBiggsville yards in 73. Here he picked\\nup telegraphy and was made night op-\\nerator at Biggsville in 76; promoted to\\nbe agent four years later, transferred\\nto Kirkwood, and finally settled in the\\nKewanee office of the Burlington in\\n85. It is one of the most important\\nJOSEPH H. MULLIGAN.\\noffices on the road in Illinois, standing\\nabout sixth in volume of business done.\\nHe strongly advocates a uniform text\\nbook bill, is always present and votes\\nintelligently on all measures.\\nCommittees: Retrenchment (chairman),\\ncorporations, building and loan associations,\\nlabor and indnsti ial affairs, mines and min-\\ning, world s fair.\\nMurdoch, Frank, (rep.), Oneida;\\nbanker. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,\\nSept. 2, 1843, and came to America in\\n52 with his parents, stopping first in\\nTrumbull Co., O. Moved to Knox Co.,\\n111., in 57, and settled on a farm near\\nFRANK MURDOCH.\\nOneida. He was educated in the com-\\nmon schools and farmed until 73,\\nwhen he went into the banking busi-\\nness and has been in it ever since.\\nThe Exchange Bank of Oneida is\\nowned by Anderson Murdoch. He\\nis highly regarded by his neighbors,\\nfor they elected him alderman for\\neight 3^ears and mayor for four years,\\nand he has been a member of the\\nschool board for six or seven years;\\nwas chairman of the republican\\ncounty committee for two years. Is\\nmarried. He is a 32d degree Mason;\\nbeen master of his lodge for eight or\\nten years; High Priest of the chapter;\\nPast Commander of Galesburg Com-\\nmandery No. 8, K. T., and a Past\\nGrand in the Odd Fellows.\\nCommittees: Banks and banking, finance,\\ninsurance, live stock and dairying, military-\\naffairs.\\nMurphy, Joseph L., (dem.), Pinck-\\nneyville; grain dealer. Born on a\\nPerry county farm, Dec. 31, 1840, and\\neducated in the public schools. Is\\nmarried and owns about 600 acres of\\nland. He began life in the mercantile\\nbusiness, and afterwards dealt in lum-\\nber and grain. He finally dropped\\nthe lumber business and added real\\nestate and has been very successful in\\nit as well as in his grain business. He\\nhas been mayor of Pinckneyville for\\nthe past fifteen or sixteen years and is.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "78\\nI.EGISI,ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nmayor at this time. In September,\\n62, he enlisted in Co. D, 110th 111. Inf.,\\nand most of his fig hting was done in\\nPalmer s Fourteenth Corps. He was\\nin the campaig-n before Atlanta and\\nJOSEPH L. MURPHY.\\nthe march to the sea of Sherman s le-\\ng^ions. He went in as a private and\\n-came out a captain, being promoted\\nfor g-allant conduct. He has no pet\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2schemes to foster, but is anxious to do\\nhis share towards the general good of\\nthe people. Mr. Murphy is one of the\\nTnost reliable representatives.\\nCommittees: Federal relations (cliair-\\niQian), revenue, railroads, penal and re-\\nformatory, public charities, state and muni-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cipal indebtedness, senatorial apportion-\\nment.\\nGEORGK MURRAY.\\nMurray, George, (rep.), Elmira,\\nStark Co.; farmer. Born in Rexbury-\\nshire, Scotland, May 1, 1840, and moved\\nto America with his parents in S3,\\ncoming direct to Stark county, and\\nhas been there ever since. He received\\na common school education and is mar-\\nried. He began farm work when 14\\nyears old and has been on a farm ever\\nsince, and owns over 800 acres of Stark\\ncounty land. He has held several\\ntownship and school offices, and is a\\ntypical farmer. He is willing that the\\ndemocrats shall have free swing to in-\\nstitute the reforms they have in-\\nsisted were necessary. Mr. Murray is\\nalways in his seat and informs himself\\nas to the merits of all bills.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement\\nand commerce, labor and industrial affairs,\\ndrainage, horticulture.\\nMyers, William H., (dem.), Terre\\nHaute, Henderson Co.; blacksmith-\\nfarmer. Born in Jennings Co., Ind.,\\nFeb. 28, 1849. The family moved first\\nto Ivcwis Co., Mo., thence to Terre\\nHaute, 111. At the age of 7 years he\\nmet with an accident that crippled\\nWILLIAM H. MYERS.\\nhim for life, but with indomitable\\nenergy and a pluck that has been\\na characteristic of his life, he pro-\\nceeded to carve out a future. He was\\neducated in the common schools and is\\nin independent circumstances. He\\nwas elected to the house in 90 and re-\\nelected in 92, running ahead of his\\nticket each time, and no man in Hen-\\nderson county is more popular. He is\\na good servant of the people and his\\ntwo terms in the house have demon-\\nstrated the fact that no mistake was\\nmade in his election.\\nCommittees: Agriculture (chairman),\\ncorporations, live stock and dairying, labor\\nand industrial, drainage, contingent ex-\\npenses, farm drainage, congressional appor-\\ntionment.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n79\\n*Noling, Lars M., (rep.), Rockford;\\nreal estate. Born in Sweden May 4,\\n1843, and emigrated to Rockford in 64.\\nCommon school education. Married.\\nConiniitteos: History, uianufuctures,\\nfederal relations, horticulture.\\nNohe, Augustus W., (rep.), Chicag-o;\\nbroker. Born in Baden, Germany,\\nNov. 27, 1846, and came to this country\\nin 51. He .settled In Freeport, where\\nhe remained until 75, when he moved\\nto Chicago. He received a common\\nschool education and is married. He\\nwas elected to the house in 90 and re-\\nturned in 92 bj an increased majority.\\nHe has represented his ward in the\\nChicag-o city council. During- the war\\nhe was connected with the military\\nteleg-raph and did valuable service for\\nthe union armies. He was with Gen.\\nAUGUSTUS W. NOHE.\\nScholield for a time and joined Sher-\\nman at Goldsboro, N. C, finishing his\\nfield service at Raleigh. The govern-\\nment required his aid after the war,\\nhowever, and he was sent to Nash-\\nville, Tenn., where he remained on\\ndut3 for Uncle Sam until 67, when he\\nwas mustered out of the volunteer ser-\\nvice, being probably the last war tel-\\neg-rapher to retire. Then he eng-ag-ed\\nin the same profession in Chicago, and\\nis now in the brokerag-e business. He\\nis one of the most forcible and agg -res-\\nsive members of the house, and is en-\\ndeavoring to pass his bill removing the\\n$5,000 limit for damag-es for death bj\\nrailroad accidents. He also strong-ly\\nfavors municipal control of gas and\\nelectric lighting plants, and has a bill\\nbefore the house that will accomplish\\nthat object.\\nOonniiittees: Corporations, municipal cor-\\nporations, banks and bankinj;:, buildlnff and\\nloan associations, congressional ap ^irtion.\\nO Connell, Edmund, (rep.), Bloom-\\nington; lawver. Born in Franklin\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1848. Educated in\\nthe district schools and at Franklin\\nAcademy, Malone, N. Y., and coming-\\nEDMUND O CONNELL.\\nto Illinois in 71 he taught school and\\nstudied law until 74, when he was ad-\\nmitted to the bar. He began the prac-\\ntice of his profession in Bloomington,\\nwhere he settled in 73, and is regarded\\nas one of the best lawyers in Central\\nIllinois, being- particularly strong- as a\\njury pleader. He is a leader in the\\npresent house, as he was in the last\\ng-eneral assembly; is strong- in debate,\\nan eloquent, forcible speaker; married.\\nCommittees: Corporations, education,\\nbuilding and homestead associations, elec-\\ntions, license, steering conunittee.\\nEDWARD .7. NOVAK.\\nNovak, Edward J., (dem.), Chicago;\\nreal estate. Born in Chicag-o Nov. 2,\\n1869, and with probably one exception", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "80\\nLEGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nis the young-est member of the g-eneral\\nassembly. He was educated in the\\npublic schools and at the Metropole\\nBusiness College, graduating from the\\nlatter. He entered the office of the\\ncounty treasurer of Cook county when\\nGeorge R. Davis was treasurer and has\\nbeen there ever since, the office now\\nbeing in charg-e of Charles Kern. He\\nis an energ-etic worker in Cook county\\npolitics. This is the first office to\\nwhich he has been elected, but if he\\nkeeps up the record he has made thus\\nfar it will not be his last. Is not\\nmarried. Is interested in measures\\nthat will benefit the laboring people.\\nCommittees: Manufactures (chairman),\\nappropriations, insurance, sanitary affairs,\\nworld s fair, libraries, history-geology and\\nscience.\\nO Connor, James, (dem.), Chicago;\\nprofessor of music, was born in Lib-\\nerty ville, Lake Co., Illinois, Oct. 2,\\n1848, and was educated at the district\\nschools. When 19 j^ears old he went\\nto Chicago and learned the trade of\\nmechanical engineer. Afterwards he\\nmoved to Louisiana and worked at his\\ntrade there. In 73 Gov. Wm. Pitt\\nKellogg appointed him justice of the\\npeace for St. Bernard s Parish, a sub-\\nurb of New Orleans. In 74 while\\nhunting he lost his sight by an unfor-\\ntunate accident and has been totally\\nblind ever since. Terrible as is such\\nan affliction he did not lose courage.\\nJAMES O CONNOR.\\nbut battled against the world with\\nmore persistency than ever. He re-\\nturned to Chicago and took up the pro-\\nfession of music, which he has followed\\never since. Through his talents and\\nintelligence there has been opened up\\nto the blind an entirely new field. He\\nis the only blind man in the world that\\nhas successfully lead an orchestra and\\ndone his own prompting. His especial\\nmission here is to have the legislature\\nreappropriate the $100,000 he succeeded\\nin g-etting from the leg-islature of 87\\nto establish in Chicago an Industrial\\nHome for the Blind. This bill he got\\nJOSKPH A. O DONNELL.\\nthroug-h the session of 87, of which he\\nwas a member, but Gov. Og-lesby failed\\nto appoint a board of triistees and the\\nmoney lapsed into the treasury. He\\nis a man of talent and ability outside\\nhis profession, and takes an active\\npart in all legislation. He succeeded\\nin securing from the city council of\\nChicago last vear an appropriation of\\n$50,000 to establish a Mental and\\nManual Training School for the blind.\\nHe is married.\\nCommittees: Public charities, appropria-\\ntions, corporations, license, manufactures,\\nhistory-geology and science.\\nO Donnell, Joseph A., (dem.), Chi-\\ncag-o; lawyer. Born inBallina, County\\nMayo, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1860. Educated\\nin the public schools and began the\\nbattle of life on his own account when\\n11 years old as an employe in a machine\\nshop, and was promoted to a foreman-\\nship when 20 years old. Meantime he\\nstudied law, perfected himself in his\\nstudies, was admitted to the bar in 87\\nand began practice in Chicag-o, where\\nhe has been very successful. He was\\nelected to the house in 88, 90, 92, and\\nis one of the most eloquent defenders\\nof the rig-hts of the common people in\\nthe g-eneral asseinbly. Is married.\\nCommittees: Elections (chairman) judi-\\nciary, corporations, congressional appor-\\ntionment, steering committee, loan and\\nhomestead associations, and others.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n81\\npL.O Loughlin, nichael, (dem.). Senecei;\\nfarmer. Born in Count} Clare, Ire-\\nland, Nov. 18, 1845. Eniig-rated to\\nWiscotisin with his parents in 49, and\\nto LaSalle Co., 111., in 66. He was\\neducated in the public schools of Wis-\\nconsin and taugfht district school in\\nIllinois for five years. Is married and\\nowns 640 acres of land. He was a su-\\npervisor for twelve years and school\\ntreasurer for his township for ten years.\\nHe is one of the quiet, substanti.al men\\nof the house, and closely watches leg-\\nislation, particularly that which per-\\ntains to ag-riculture and the Illinois\\nriver valley. He was one of the most\\nreliable members of the last house, as\\nhe is of the present. As one of the\\n101 who elected Palmer senator, Mr.\\nO Loughlin never faltered.\\nCoininittees: Canal river iinprovenient\\nand commerce (chairman), live stock and\\nMICHAEL O LODGHLIN.\\ndairying, revenue, railroads, agriculture,\\ncounty and township organization, insur-\\nance, farm drainage.\\nPaddock, Daniel H., (rep.). Kankakee;\\nlawyer. One of the republican leaders\\nin the house, was born in Lockport, 111.,\\nApril 5, 1852; is a son of Col. John W.\\nPaddock, and of ancestr}- on both sides\\nthat runs back to the Plymouth colony.\\nEducated in Illinois public schools\\nand at the Albany Law School, grad-\\nuating in 74, and admitted to the bar\\nthe same year in Illinois. His home\\nhas been in Kankakee since Nov. 6,\\n53, where his father was a practicing\\nlaw3 er. Mr. Paddock is prominent in\\nrepublican politics in the state, and a\\nman of influence and high standing.\\nAfter two terms as states attorney for\\nKankakee county, he was elected to\\nthe legislature in 88, and returned in\\n90 and 92. Is one of the ablest par-\\nliamentarians and probably the best\\ndebater on the republican side. Is\\nmarried. Mr. Paddock has been a\\nleader in the three last legislatures.\\nDANIEL H. PADDOCK.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, railroads, penal\\nand reformatory, education, insurance,\\nrules, steering co nniiittee.\\nPainter, Oscar, (rep.), Metamora;\\nstock raiser and farmer. Born in\\nNorthumberland, Pa., March 10, 1846,\\nand moved with his parents to Wood-\\nford Co., 111., in 48, and has been there\\never since. Ten years of his life were\\nspent teaching school, and the balance\\nfarming and stock raising. He was\\neducated in the common schools and is\\nnot married. He stands high where\\nOSCAR PAINTER.\\nhe is best known, for in a race for the\\nshrievalitj once he ran several hun-\\ndred ahead of his ticket, although the\\noverwhelming democratic majority", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "82\\nI.ECISLATIVK SOUVENIR.\\nwas loo much to overcome. He pays\\nparticular attention to the needs of\\nthe farmer, and makes a good repre-\\nsentative. He is in comfortable cir-\\nctimstances.\\nCommittees: Canal-river Improvement\\nand commerce, public charities, public\\nbuildiags, federal relations.\\nPayne, William, (rep.), Osborn; far-\\nmer. Born in Scott Co., lov^^a, March\\n4, 1841, and lived on a farm for the\\nfirst ten years of his life and then\\nmoved with his parents to Hampton,\\n111. Was educated in the public schools,\\nand at 18 taught school, leaving that\\noccupation to shoulder a musket to\\nbattle for his country, enlisting in the\\n13th 111. Inf., the first 3-year regiment\\nin the service. For four j^ears he\\nescaped the bullets of the enemy and\\nreturned to Illinois, spending a year\\nin a commercial college, and then\\nWILLIAM PAYJSE.\\nentered the county treasurer s office,\\nRock Island. From 66 to 70 he was\\ndeputy sheriif, and was sheriff from\\n70 to 74, and in 74 he moved on a\\nfarm in Zuma township and has been\\nthere ever siiice, as farmer, breeder\\nand shipper of stock. Is married, and\\nowns 540 acres. Fleeted to the house\\nin 91 to fill vacancy caused by the in-\\neligibility of W. F. Collins, he was re-\\nelected in 92, having been re-nomi-\\nnated by acclamation. He is one of\\nthe most reliable and best members.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement and\\ncommerce, revenue, federal relations, re-\\ntrenchment, roads and bridges, farm drain-\\nage.\\nParrott, Walters., (dem.) lyitchfield;\\njournalist. Born in Raymond, Mont-\\ngomery Co., 111., May 4, 1865, and is\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2one of the youngest members in the\\nhouse. He was educated at Blackburn\\nUniversity and at the Northern Indi-\\nana Normal at Valparaiso. Is mar-\\nried. Has had considerable experi-\\nence on the country press, and pub-\\nlished a paper at Raymond for several\\nyears. He lived in Raymond for 25\\nyears, and got every democratic vote\\ncast in that township. Although\\nyoung, Mr. Parrott has already familar-\\nized himself with the technicalities of\\nlegislative life, and his farmer con-\\nstituents have no cause to apologize\\nfor his youth, nor will it be necessary\\nto excuse his votes.\\nCommittees: To visit penal and reforma-\\ntory institutions (chairman j, congressional\\napportionment, senatorial apportionment,\\nbuilding and loan associations, manufac-\\ntvires, roads and bridges, printing.\\nBERNARD P. PRESTON.\\nPreston, Bernard P., (dem.), Little-\\nton, Schuyler Co.; farmer. Born at\\nIthica, N. Y., March 27, 1838, and came\\nto Illinois with his parents in 52. His.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "i.koislativp: souvenir.\\n83\\neducation, which commenced on the\\nsite of Cornell University was com-\\npleted at St. Louis, after which he\\nreturned to the Schuyler county farm.\\nHe has a large farm, and raises the\\nbest breeds of horses and cattle. Is a\\ng-ood representative of the farming\\nclass in the legislature, advocates\\nmeasures in their interest, and is\\nalways in his seat. Is married. Was\\nelected to the house in 90 and again\\nin 92, and has taken an active part in\\nall important legislation\\nConnnittees: Fai iii drainage (chairman),\\npenvil and reformatory, state institvitions,\\nrevenue, banks and banking, agriculture,\\nlive stock and dairying.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ramey, Thomas T., (rep.). Brooks;\\nfarmer. Born in Caldwell Co., Ky.,\\nMarch 6, 1823, and was educated in dis-\\ntrict schools. Is married and owns\\n200 acres; was elected to the house in\\n72, 88 and 92.\\nRamsey, Charles A., (rep.), Hills-\\nboro; retired merchant. Was born\\nnear Lewistown, Pa., Jan. 8, 1845, and\\nwas educated in the common schools\\nwith a short academic course. In Aug.,\\n62, when only 17 years old, he left\\nschool and enlisted in Co. D, 148th\\nPenn. Inf.; was appointed sergeant-\\nmajor, and afterwards promoted to\\nadjutant of the regiment. After three\\nYears of hard service he was mustered\\nCHARLES A. RAMSET.\\nout and moved to Shelby Co., 111.,\\nwhere he remained two years and then\\nmoved to Irving, Montgomery county,\\nwhere he engaged in the drug business\\nuntil 77. Then he went to Hillsboro\\nand engaged in the hardware and agri-\\ncultural implement lines until Jan.,\\n92, when he disposed of his stock. He\\nwas made president of the Hillsboro\\nNational Bank when it was organized\\nin 82 and is still at the head of it. He\\nnever was an office-seeker, but was\\nelected three times to the county board\\nand was chairman for one term. He\\nis present mayor of Hillsboro. Is mar-\\nried and owns 700 acres of land.\\nCommittees: Reveinie, contingent ex-\\npeiises, mines and mining, fi.sli and game.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l\\n^^k\\n/1p^!^\\n.^^^^BSh/ ,*j||\\n^HIk4 S ^k\\n^^^I^^^Hb \u00c2\u00abil\\n^ifflfiS\\nw\\nGEORGE KEED.\\nReed, George, (rep.), Belvidere; far-\\nmer. Born in Westfield, Mass., May\\n26, 1824, and moved to Illinois in 47,\\nstopping in Boone county. Afterwards-\\nhe moved to Winnebago county, re-\\nmaining there for two 3 ears and then\\nreturned to Boone. He was educated\\nin the common and district schools of\\nhis youth, gaining more by his own\\nefforts than through teachers. He has.\\nfarmed all his life, and is a good ex-\\nemplification of what can be accxDinp-\\nlished by pluck, sagacity and industry,\\nfor he owns 525 acres of as good land\\nas the sun ever shone upon. Illustrat-\\nive of the difficulties under which he\\nlabored it may be said that he patented\\n120 acres from the g-overnment and\\nhad to borrow the money to pay for it,,\\npaying 50 per cent, for the loan. He\\nis married and credits his wife with\\nmuch of his success. He has held\\nnearly everj township office and was\\nsupervisor for twelve years, and was\\nchairman of the board several limes;\\nhas been on the county agricultural\\nboard 25 years and president of it for\\n8 3 ears was a member of the state\\nboard of agriculture for two terms\\nwas elected to the house in 90 and re-\\nelected in 92. He is interested in two\\ncreameries that manufacture a quarter\\nof a million pounds of bvitter annually.\\nIs director in the Peoples bank of", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "84\\nI^EGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nBelvidere. He is always in attendance\\nduring- sessions. A g-ood legislator.\\nCommittees: Appropriations, roads and\\nbridges, county and township organization,\\nlive stock and dairying, miscellaneous sub-\\njects.\\nRohrer, Louis, (dem.), Somonauk;\\nfarmer. Born in Alsace-Lorraine,\\nFrance, Jan. 6, 1837, and emig-rated\\nwith his parents in 45, coming to La-\\nSalle county. He was educated in the\\ncommon schools. Has never been an\\nofficeholder to any extent and never\\nsought an office. He has been on the\\ncounty board of La Salle countj- and\\nwas elected to the house in 90 and re-\\nturned in 92. Is married and owns\\nover 8oo acres of fine land. He is\\nanxious to see some of the reforms\\npromised by the democratic state con-\\nvention carried out, and especially is\\nhe in favor of the enactment of a\\nuniform text-book law.\\nLOmS EOHKKK.\\nCommittees Drainage (chairman) canal-\\nriver improvement and commerce, flsh and\\ngame, live stock and dairying, warehouses,\\nagriculture.\\nRottger, Frederick W., (dem.), Mt.\\nSterling lumber and grain merchant.\\nBorn near Menden, Prussia, Aug. 8,\\n1844, and emigrated with his father in\\nSO, coming via New Orleans. They\\ntook a boat up the Mississippi and Illi-\\nnois rivers to Naples, thence by the\\nold Naples Jacksonville strap rail-\\nroad to Jacksonville. After remaining\\nin Jacksonville two years he was\\nbound out to E. S. Hinrichsen, who\\nowned a farm seven miles east of\\ntown. Mr. Hinrichsen afterwards\\nmoved to Alexander and was made\\nagent of the Great Western railroad,\\nnow the Wabash, and Fred, was office\\nboy. He was finally promoted to take\\ncomplete charge of the station, and in\\n65 was sent to Mt. Sterling to take\\ncharge of that office. He has held it\\never since. He gradually became in-\\nvolved in farming and added lumber\\nFREDERICK W. KOTTGER.\\nand grain buying and horse buying\\nand selling. He was successful at\\neverything he touched, and is now well\\noff. He is married and owns 945 acres\\nof land. Never an office seeker he has\\nbeen mayor of Mt. Sterling and on the\\ncounty board. He educated himself.\\nCommittees: Appropriations, fees and\\nsalaries, roads and bridges, county and\\ntownship organization, claims, charitable\\ninstitutions.\\nSeawell, Charles W., (dem.), Green-\\nville; mercantile business. Born on a\\nCHARLES W. SBAWELL.\\nfarm in Washington Co., 111., Oct. 19,\\n1853, and received his education in the\\ndistrict schools. He was raised on a\\nfarm and his earl) manhood was spent", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "i,p;gi.si^ativk souvknik.\\n85\\nin the hard work of a farmer. After-\\nwards he went into the mercantile\\nbusiness, wholesale and retail, at\\nwhich he was very successful. He is\\none of the hardest workers and\\nshrewdest politicians in Illinois, and\\nwas a member of the house in 87.\\nDurinj, that session, as well as the\\npresent one, he took an active part in\\nall lec,^islation, and wiis on some of the\\nmost important committees. Is mar-\\nried. He is stroni;- in his political\\nviews, and has always been a democrat.\\nt omiiiittees: State institutions (chair-\\nman), senatorial apportionnu nt, corpora-\\ntions, mines and mining;, warehouses, mili-\\ntary, contingent expenses.\\nSmith, James A., (dem.). Chats-\\nworth; editor. Born in Vermilion, O.,\\nAug-. 6, 1845, and came to Illinois with\\nhis father a year later. He owns The\\nChat.sworth Plaindealer, one of the\\nbest country newspapers in northern\\nIllinois. Mr. Smith received a good\\nJAMES A. SMITH.\\ncommon school education. Was elec-\\nted to the house in 88 and 90. In both\\nsessions his ability as a leader was\\nrecognized and his advice sought. He\\nworks quietly but effectively. Is a\\nstrong party man and believes in\\nstrong party organization. Was mar-\\nried, but lost his wife two years ago.\\nCommittees: Congressional apportionment\\n(chairman), education, public charities,\\nbanks and banking, county and township\\norganization, insurance, contingent expen-\\nses, enrolled and engrossed bills, license,\\nsteering committee.\\nSmith, Washington S., (dem.), Mt.\\nZion; farmer. Born in Bath Co., Ky.,\\nSept. 27, 1850, and came with his par-\\nents to Illinois in 57, settling in\\nMacon county, where Mr. Smith has\\nresided ever since. He has filled vari-\\nous township offices, and was supervisor\\nfor six years, and was chairman of the\\nboard for two years, resigning in 90\\nto enter the house. Is married and\\nowns and operates a fine farm. He is\\nWASHINGTON S. SMITH.\\na strong democrat, and in advance of\\nhis party on economic questions. He\\nwas elected to the house with a demo-\\ncratic colleague in 90, and both were\\nre-elected in 92, a sufficient evidence\\nthat the services of both were appre-\\nciated.\\nonmiittees: Fish and game (chairman),\\nmines and mining, penal and reformatory,\\nagricvilture, labor and nidustrial affairs,\\nfarm drainage.\\nSnedeker, Orville A., (rep.), Jersey-\\nville real estate and lawyer. Born\\nORVILLE A. SNEDEKER.\\nin Jerseyville June 11, 1848, and edu-\\ncated in the public schools of the\\ncounty, such as they were at that time\\nand at Shurtleff College also a term", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "86\\nLEGISIvATIYE SOUVENIR.\\nat a commercial colleg^e. He was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 71. Is married\\nand has two boys, Isaac and Frank.\\nHe owns valuable real estate and farm-\\ning- lands. This is the first elective\\noffice ever held by him. He has fre-\\nquently been nominated by conven-\\ntions but declined to accept his nomi-\\nnation last year for the house was the\\nthird time he declined on two former\\noccasions. The district from which he\\nw^as elected included Jersey, Green and\\nScott counties the 37th.\\nCommittees: Worlds fair, egriculture, fin-\\nance, printing, public charities and otheis\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2of less importance.\\nSnyder, William H., (dem.), Belle-\\nville; law3^er. Born in Belleville\\nJune 29, 1858, and the third g-eneration\\nthat has filled a legislative office in\\nIllinois, his grandfather, Adam W.\\nSnyder, being- a member of the state\\nsenate in 35, and his father, the late\\nJudge Wm. H. Snyder, being- a member\\nof the house in 51. He was educated\\nin the public schools of Belleville and\\nat Washington University, St. Louis.\\nHe read law with Hay Knispel,\\nBelleville, was admitted to the bar in\\n82 and began practicing his profession\\nshortly afterwards. He has been city\\nattorney of Belleville, and is not mar-\\nried. As a member of the special com-\\nmittee to investigate the accident at\\nWann he took an active and leading\\nWILLIAM H. SNTDKU.\\npart, and also as a member of the elec-\\ntions committee.\\nCommittees: Libraries (chairman), judi-\\nCiary, judicial department, elections, penal\\nandrel ormatory, history, Wann investiga-\\ntion (special).\\nSparks, Thomas J., (dem.), Bush-\\nnell lawj er. Born in Clinton Cc,\\nInd., Aug. 16, 1843, and moved with\\nhis father to Illinois in 45, coming\\ndirect to Fulton county. He spent his\\nyouth on the farm and at 20 went to\\nLombard University, Galesburg, and\\nafterwards to Howe s Academy, Mt.\\nPleasant, Iowa, graduating from the\\nlatter in 69. He then tauerht school\\nTHOMAS .1 SPARKS.\\nfor eight years, reading law in the\\nmeantime. Was admitted to the bar\\nin Nebraska in 71, and after practic-\\ning in that state for six years came to\\nIllinois settling in Buslinell where he\\nhas lived ever since, and has built up\\na good practice. Is married and owns\\n240 acres of land. His recent eulogy\\nin the house, of Justice Scholfield of\\nthe supreme court, attracted attention\\nto his oratorical powers and his hard\\nwork in committees and on the floor\\nhas g-iven him the reputation of be-\\ning- one of the ablest members of this\\ngeneral assembly.\\nCommittees: Fees and salaries (chairmaTi),\\njudiciary, judicial department, railroads,\\neducation senatorial apportionment, to visit\\npenal and reformatory institutions.\\nSpellman, Tliomas L., (rep.). Dan-\\nville, also office in Owings Building-,\\nChicago; mine operator. Born in Lo-\\ngan Co., O., Oct. 12, 1849. Leaving\\nhome at the age of 18 he learned tele-\\ngraphy and was a railroad oper itor\\nfor several years. In 72 he married\\nthe daughter of William Tennery, one\\nof the oldest and best known citizens\\nof Vermillion county. He settled in\\nDanville in 80 and has been very suc-\\ncessful in business. He is a Mason of\\nhigh degree, an Odd-Fellow, a Pythian,\\na Modern Woodman, a member of the\\nRoyal Arcanum and of the Mystic\\nS.irine. Educated in the public schools.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "LEGISIvATlVK SOUVENIR.\\n87\\nElected to the house in 90, and ag^ain\\nin 92. Is a g ood member, and iil-\\nthough a coal operator, was willing- to\\nconcede to miners legislation to which\\nthey were justly entitled. He is a\\n7\\nTHOMAS L. SPELLMAN.\\nstaunch republican and believes in a\\nstrong- party org-anization in the house.\\nConimittet s Itailroads, penal and refor-\\nmatory, inunicii al eorporations, claims.\\n*Straight, Rufus C, (rep.), Fairbury;\\nfarmer. Born on a farm in Chautau-\\nqua Co., N. Y., June 28, 1835; came to\\nIllinois in 54; was a member of the\\nschool board for 25 years; is married;\\nowns 1,500 acres. Member in 91 also.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement\\nand commerce, penal and reformatory, pub-\\nlic charities, soldiers home, agi iciiltiire.\\nLAWKKNCE B. SI l;lN(.i:i;.\\nStringer, Lawrence B., (dem.), Lin-\\ncoln; editor. Born in South Ambov.\\nN. J., Feb. 24, 1866. He moved to Illi-\\nnois with his parents in 76, and gradu-\\nated in 82 at Gitting- s Seminary, La-\\nHarpe, and in 84 went to Lincoln,\\nentering- the college there, graduating-\\nin the classical course in 87. Then he\\nacted as city editor of The Lincoln\\nTimes, and studied law. He frequently\\nrepresented his college in oratorical\\ncontests; and in 88 stumped the state\\nfor the democratic ticket, winning new\\nlaurels as an orator and debater. He\\nwas of republican antecedents, but\\njoined the democracy on the tariff\\nissue in 88. Was elected to the house\\nin 90 and ag^ain in 92 by an increased\\nmajority. Mr. Stringer was the young-\\nest member of the leg-islature of 91.\\nHe takes prominent part in all import-\\nant leg-islation, is popular with his col-\\nleag -ues, and his frisnds predict a bril-\\nliant future for him. Is married.\\nCommittees: Kducation (chairman), mines\\nand mining-, labor and industrial affairs,\\nelections, history, printing.\\nEDWAKD SXCHBLEFIELl).\\nStubblefield, Edward, (rep.), Mc-\\nLean farmer. Born in McLean coun-\\nty Aug. 15, 1834, and received a limited\\neducation, principalh by absorption\\nin contact with the world. He has\\nfarmed all his life. The Stubblefield\\nfamily is inter-married with the Funks,\\nanother great McLean county family,\\nEdward Stubblefield s mother being- a\\nFunk. The Stubblefields came from\\nVirginia, Edward s father moving-\\nfrom Virg -inia to Ohio and thence to\\nIllinois in 24. He has held various\\ntownship offices, is married and owns\\nover 800 acres of McLean counts land,\\nas valuable as any in the wide world.\\nMr. Stubblefield has always been a\\nstrong republican. He is reg-arded as\\na good, substantial farmer legislator.\\nCommittees: Agriculture, drainage, horti-\\nculture, soldiers home.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "IvEGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nTaggart, Captain T., (dem.), Cisne\\nphysician, was born in Brown Co.,\\nInd., Dec. 28, 1846, moved to Cisne in\\n86. He was educated in the common\\nschools and received a first-class medi-\\ncal education at the Indianapolis Med-\\nical CoUeg-e, graduating- in 79, al-\\nthough he took a first course of lecture\\nin 74. When he became convinced\\nthat a real live war was upon the\\ncountry he offered his services, enlist-\\ning June 61 in Co. G., S5th Ind. Inf.,\\nwhen he was not yet 15 years old, and\\nremained until the close of the war,\\nparticipating in the battles of Rich-\\nmond, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chat-\\ntanooga, Missionary Ridge and the\\nGeorgia campaign. He was wounded\\ntwice at Richmond in Aug. 62 his\\nleft leg was broken and in March 65\\nat Kingston, N. C, he was shot through\\nthe left arm. Is married and has held\\n.s.^\\n1\\n;-JH|\\n1\\ni \u00e2\u0096\u00a0!^k^\\nJb\\nCAPTAIN T. TAGGART.\\nvarious minor offices. He is a strong\\nadvocate of an economical government.\\nCommittees: Public buildings and grounds\\n(chairman), state institutions, penal and re-\\nformatory, soldiers home, education, sani-\\ntary affairs, history-geology and science.\\nTalbot, Prescott H., (rep.). Linden-\\nwood, farmer. Was born in Killingly,\\nWindham Co., Conn., Dec. 17, 1842, of\\nparents who were descendants of the\\nPuritans. In 62 he enlisted in Co. G,\\n74th 111. Inf., and foug-ht like a true\\npatriot until the close of the war. He\\nwas severely wounded in 63 and had a\\nhard fight for life, but was assisted by\\na strong and wiry constitution and an\\nindomitable will. When his country\\n3ieeded him no longer he returned home\\nand went to Rockford to complete his\\neducation, which had been interrupted\\nby the war. Then he settled in Lynn-\\nville. Ogle Co., on a bleak prairie,\\nwhich under his skillful handiwork\\nsoon bloomed with fruit of the soil.\\nHis energy, perseverance and thrift\\nhave enabled him to accumulate a com-\\nPRESCOTT H. TALBOT.\\npentency, for he he owns 331 acres of\\nsplendid Ogle county land. Although\\nnot seeking preferment, he has been\\nhonored many times by his neighbors\\nwith minor offices, and served for\\nthree years on the county board of\\nsupervisors. He was elected to the\\nhouse in 90 and rendered valuable\\nassistance to the farmers in legisla-\\ntive matters. Is married. He is one\\nof the most valuable members.\\nCommittees: Appropriations, military af-\\nfairs, license, soldiers home.\\nHOMER J. TICE.\\nTice, Homer J., (rep.), Greenview;\\nfarmer. Born in Menard county, Feb.\\n5, 1862. Educated at Lincoln Univer-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR\\n89\\nsity, graduating- in the scientilic course\\nin 82 and also took a course in a busi-\\nness college in Bloouiington. Was\\nmarried and made a tour of Europe in\\n83 returning to his splendid farm of\\n500 acres near Greenview. Was nomi-\\nnated for the house in 90 on the 96th\\nballot and elected the same year, and\\nwas returned in 92. He is particularly\\nactive in the interest of the farmers.\\nHe is interested in the improvement of\\nthe Illinois river and after a hard fig -ht\\ng-ot resolutions through the house with\\nthat object in view. Mr. Tice is one\\nof the most reliable and ablest repre-\\nsentatives the republicans of his dis-\\ntrict ever sent to Spring-field.\\nCommittees: Appropriations, penal and\\nreformatory, agriculture, labor and indus-\\ntrial affairs, horticulture.\\nWallace, William H., (rep.). Hum-\\nbolt; farmer. Born in Ripley Co.,\\nInd., Oct. 11, 1840, and moved to Coles\\nCo., 111., in 74. Educated in the com-\\nmon schools and at a commercial\\ncolleg e and graduated in medicine at\\nthe Ohio Medical CoUeg^e, Cincinnati,\\nin 67. After practicing his profession\\nfor nine years he turned his attention\\nto farmings, with flattering results. In\\nthe fall of 61 he enlisted in Co. F, 37th\\nInd. Inf., and served as a private, cor-\\nporal, company clerk, regimental\\npostmaster, assistant division postmas-\\nter, and division postmaster. The last\\ntwo Years of his service were in Louis-\\nWILLIAM H. WALLACE.\\nville, where he had charg-e of the\\ndistribution of the military mail, a\\nresponsible and arduous position. He\\nis married and owns over 860 acres of\\nland. He was elected supervisor from\\nhis township by a majority of 19,\\nalthough the township is democratic\\nby 100, evidencing that he is best liked\\nwhere he is best known. He is a faith-\\nful representative, always in his seat.\\nCommittees: Li-ve stock and dairying,\\nstate institutions, executive department,,\\nwarehouses.\\nWarder, Walter, (rep.), Cairo; law-\\nyer. Born at Maysville, Ky., April 7,\\nWALTER WARDER.\\n1851, his father moving to Johnson Co.,\\n111., next year. He was raised on a.\\nfarm and participated in the hardships\\nof a farmer boy in the 60 s. He at-\\ntended the public schools and complet-\\ned his education at Illinois University,\\nChampaign. Returning home he\\nworked on the farm, taught school\\nand studied law, applying himself in-\\ndustriously, and was tidinitted to the\\nbar in Sept. 74, and immediatly began\\npractice at Marion. In 76 he married\\nMiss Dora Bain, daug -hter of John.\\nBain, of Vienna, one of the wealthiest\\nand luost prominent citizens of South-\\nern Illinois. In 80 he removed to\\nCairo. In 83 he was appointed states,\\nattorney of Alexander county to fill a.\\nvacancy; in 85 he was appointed mas-\\nter in chancery and has held the office\\nev^er since. Although of southern\\nbirth and democratic antecedents he\\nhas always been a republican, and is-\\nreg-arded as one of the strongest men\\nin Eg-ypt. He has earned the repu-\\ntation of being a conscientious and in-\\ndustrious member. He was the caucus\\nnominee for temporary speaker last\\nJanuary served on the leading com-\\nmittees of the session of 91, including\\nthe steering- committee, and was re-\\nelected by an increased vote in 92.\\nCommittees: .Judiciary, mines and min-\\ning, banks and banking, insurance, road*\\nand bridges, congressional apportionment,\\nsteering committee.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "90\\nLEGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Thiemann, William, (rep.), Itasca\\nfarmer. Born in Hanover, Germany,\\nFeb. 11, 1849, and in 57 emigrated\\nwith his parents to DuPage county.\\nHe was elected to the house in 90 and\\n92 common school education. Is\\nmarried and owns 290 acres.\\nCommittees: Corporations, education,\\npublic charities, live stock and dairylns^-.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0claims.\\nWarren, James P., (dem.). Rose\\nHill, Jasper Co.; farmer, was born in\\nBartholomew Co., Ind., Sept. 25, 1842;\\nin 52 the family settled in Jasper\\n-county; common school education; is\\nmarried and owns 420 acres. Enlisted\\nin Co. D, 97th 111. Inf., and served\\nthree years.\\nCommittees: Congressional apportion-\\nment, farm drainage, pul:)lic buildings, state\\ninstitutions.\\nWatson, James H., (dem.). Wood-\\nlawn, Jefferson Co.; physician. Born\\nin Mt. Vernon July 31, 1846, and re-\\nceived a common school education.\\nIn 62 enlisted in Co. E, 70th 111. Inf.\\nAfter his discharge he was in the U.\\nS. secret service under Gen. Palmer\\nuntil the surrender of Lee. Then he\\nstudied medicine and graduated from\\nthe College of Physicians and Sur-\\ngeons, St. Ivouis, and has successfully\\npracticed his profession ever since.\\nHe has been supervisor, trustee of\\nWoodlawn several times and for six\\nyears was on the board of pension ex-\\nJAMES H. WATSON.\\naminers at Mt. Vernon. He has been\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2delegate to conventions without num-\\niDer and was chairman of the senatorial\\n-committee of his district for four years.\\nHe was elected to the house in 90 and\\nand again in 92, and in a quiet, unos-\\ntentatious way acts well the part of a\\nlegislator. His investig-ation of\\nabuses in the Anna insane asylum last\\nsession created a sensation.\\nCommittees: Public charities (chairman),\\nrailroads, elections, military affairs, re-\\ntrenchment, sanitary affairs, senatorial ap-\\nportionment.\\nWheelock, William W., (rep.), Chi-\\ncago; lawyer. Born in Eelts Mills,\\nWILLIAM W. ANHKLLOCK.\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1864,\\nand educated at St. Lawrence Uni-\\nversity, Canton, N. Y., and at the\\nNorthwestern University Law School,\\nChicago. Moved to Chicago in 86,\\nwas admitted to the bar in 89, and\\nwas in Corporation Counsel Miller s\\noffice for a number of years, but is\\nnow practicing alone, and is very suc-\\ncessful. Is not married. He was as-\\nsistant attorney for the Chicago\\nDrainage Board up to Jan. 1, 93, when\\nhe resigned to take his seat in the\\nHouse. Chicago has three republican\\nclubs for the three divisions of the\\ncity the Lincoln, the Hamilton and\\nthe Marquette clubs. He was the\\nfounder of the first, has been its sec-\\nretary since it was organized and his\\nshrewdness and ability in political\\nmatters is conceded. He is anxious to\\nsecure an amendment to the constitu-\\ntion that will permit the abolishment\\nof the justice courts in Cook county,\\nand the substitution therefor of dis-\\ntrict courts, and is heartily backed\\nby the Supreme Court, the Chicago\\njudges and the Chicago Bar associa-\\ntion, and has good show of success.\\nCommittees: Judiciary, judicial depart-\\nm(!nt, drainage, state institutions, military\\naffairs, roads and bi idges\\nWeckler, Frederick S., (rep.), Fay-\\netteville; farmer. Born in Peru, Ind.,\\nSept. 10, 1848, and moved to Fayette-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "i,EGisi,ATivE souvb;nii\\n91\\nville in 69; educated at Notre Dame.\\nLost his wife three years a^o, and\\nowns 420 acres. Is justice of the peace.\\nUoinmittee.s: Af^rUMilturc, mines and min-\\ning, labor and indiisti ial affiiirs, license.\\nWhitley, Langley St. A., (dem.).\\nSpring-held; physician. Born in\\nSpring-held July 21, 1863, and educated\\nin the public schools. Educated in\\nthe medical profession at St. Louis,\\nat the Colleg-e of Phj sicians and\\nSurg-eons, New York, at the Long-\\nIsland Medical Colleg-e in Brooklyn,\\nand beg-an to practice his profession\\nin Spring-field in 83, and was very\\nsuccessful. Is married and is inter-\\nested in real estate. Is very strong-\\nwith labor org-anizations and cham-\\npions their cause in the house. He\\nwas a pag-e in the house in 75, and has\\nbeen chief surg-eon of the Wabash\\nrailroad, middle division, in charg-e of\\nLANGLEY ST. A. WHITLEY.\\ntheir largfe hospital in Spring^field,\\nand has a great reputation for saving-\\nlimbs when amputation seems almost\\na necessity.\\nCommittees: Finance (chairman), ap\\npropriations, fish and game, pnblic build-\\nings, revenui!, railroads, agriculture, con-\\ngressional apporli(inment, miiies and\\nmining.\\nWilkening, Conrad, (dem.), Crete;\\nmerchant. Born in Crete March 24,\\n1856, and educated at parochial and\\npublic schools and at Bryant Strat-\\ntan s Business Colleg-e, Chicag-o, g-rad-\\nuating: when only 17 ^-ears of ag-e. He\\nhas been eng-ag-ed in the mercantile\\nbusiness for 23 years, and is the senior\\nmember of the firm of C. Wilkening\\nCo. They deal in general merchandise\\nwith a banking- attachment. It is not\\nonly the largest department store in\\nCrete, but the larg-est in Will county.\\nHe never sought office in his life; has\\nbeen school treasurer for ten or twelve\\nyears, and was nominated for the house\\nagainst his protest. He lived in Chi-\\ncago for a time. He is married and in\\nCONRAD WILKENING.\\ncomfortable circumstances. He was\\ninterested in the repeal of the Edwards\\nlaw and favors the enactment of an-\\nother compulsory law with the objec-\\ntionable features removed. He is quiet\\nand accommodating and has made\\nmany friends.\\nCommittees: Education, penal and re-\\nformatory, banks and banking, printing,\\nlibraries world s fair.\\nWilson, H. Clay, (rep.), Springfield;\\nlawyer. Born in Davis Co., Ky., July\\n2, 1856, and on the outbreak of the\\nH. (.LAY WILSON.\\ncivil war his father removed with his\\nfamily to Enterprise, Ind., in which\\nstate Mr. Wilson resided until 82,\\nwhen he came to Sangamon Co., 111.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92\\nLEGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nAt the ag^e of 12 he began working- on\\nhis father s farm and continued at it\\nuntil he was 20, when he started to\\nschool at Danville, Ind., and grad-\\nuated in the teacher s and commercial\\ncourse. Then he came to Sangamon\\ncounty and taught in the public\\nschools for seven years, in the mean-\\ntime studying law and was admitted\\nto the bar in 88. Was nominated by\\nthe republicans for county judge in\\n90, but the overwhelming democratic\\nmajority was too much to overcome.\\nHe was unanimously nominated for\\nthe legislature in the spring of 92.\\nIs married and has two interesting\\nchildren. He takes great interest in\\nfraternal and beneficiary societies,\\nbeing a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a K.\\nof P., an Elk, a Maccabee and a Mod-\\nern Woodman. He is very popular\\nand stands well with his colleagues.\\nCommittees: Judicial department, cor-\\nporations, labor and industrial affairs, build-\\ning and loan associations, congressional ap-\\nportionment, printing, penal and re-\\nfoxnnatory.\\nWilson, James P., (dem.), Woosung;\\nfarmer. Born in Blair Co., Pa., June\\n7, 1854, and in 56 moved with his par-\\nents to Dixon, 111. After attending\\nKnox College, Galesburg, he taught\\nschool, and in 77 moved to Woosung,\\nthe heart of an agricultural paradise,\\nwhere he has become a successful\\nfarmer, owning 160 acres of as good\\nJAMES p. WILSON.\\nland as the rain ever pattered on. He\\nwas a member of the Ogle county\\nboard of supervisors for many years\\nand its chairman for one year. He\\nwas a member of the House in 77 and\\nagain in 91. As chairman of the\\ncommittee on appropriations last ses-\\nsion he made a record that will serve\\nas an example for future leader s in a\\nfight for an economical government.\\nHe is an orator of no mean ability as\\nthose who listened to his speech in\\nRochelle in 90 in presenting Gen. Pal-\\nmer with a cane can testify, yet he\\nseldom airs his eloquence in the house.\\nJACOB ZIMMEEMAN.\\nCommittees: Revenue (chairman), agri-\\nculture, flnance, live stock and dairying,\\nelections, contingent expenses, senatorial\\napportionment, steering committee.\\nZimmerman, Jacob, (dem.). Mount\\nCarmel; farmer. Born on a farm near\\nGreensburg, Pa., Sept. 27, 1831, and\\nnine years later moved with his\\nfather s family to Stark Co., O.,\\nwhere they remained for three years,\\nwhen they went to Upper Sandus.ky,\\nand from there he moved to Marshall,\\n111., in 52. Here in connection with\\nthe late James C. Robinson he estab-\\nlished and published The Eastern Illi-\\nnoisan, a paper of wide circulation\\nand influence in democratic circles in\\nthat day. It was here in 53 that he\\nintroduced the plan of a primary elec-\\ntion instead of delegate conventions\\nfor nominating county officers; he\\nwas the pioneer in this innovation\\nwhich was necessary in that early\\nday on account of the trading and\\ncombinations of candidates. He ran\\nThe Eastern lUinoisan for four years\\nand then moved to Urbana, where he\\nestablished The Constitution, a demo-\\ncratic paper, of course, which he ran\\nfor four years, through the panic of 57;;\\nwas legislative correspondent for The\\nState Register in 57. In 60 he movedl\\nto Mt. Carmel and established The\\nDemocrat, which ran during the cam-\\npaign as a red hot Douglas champion..\\nAfter the election he abandoned jour-", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "T.KOI.SLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n93\\nnalisiu for the farm except occasional\\ncontributions to the press. He was a\\nsuccessful tobacco fanner for nianj\\nyears, but now farms in a j^^eneral way\\nincludin.i, live stock. While at Mar-\\nshall he bought two printing offices;\\none was used in establishing The\\nEastern Illinoisan and the other was\\ntaken to Greenup to start The Cum-\\nberland County Democrat; it was the\\nfirst paper that county had. He was\\neducated in the common and select\\nschools, is married and owns abut 350\\nacres of land. He has been on the\\ncounty board and held minor offices,\\nand was elected to the house in 78.\\nHe is anxious to see this legislature\\namend the revenue law by changing\\nthe time for taking final judgment\\nagainst delinquent taxpa^-ers to July,\\nso that farmers can realize on their\\ncrops before their taxes are collected.\\nHe is on more important committees\\nthan any other member.\\nCommittees: Countj^ and township organ-\\nization (chaiiman), rules, appropriations,\\nrevenue, judicial department, roads and\\nbridges, drainage, federal relations, horti-\\nculture.\\nWilke, Fred, (rep.) Beecher; farmer.\\nBorn in Westphalia, Germany, March\\n17, 1829, and emigrated to Will county\\nin 60. Common school education; is\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0married; elected to the house in 88, 90\\nand 92. He has been supervisor\\nsince 71.\\nCommittees: Canal-river improvement and\\ncommerce, penal and reformatory, roads and\\nbridges, drainage.\\n*Wiwi, Philip, (dem.), Montrose;\\nmerchant. Born in Rhenish Bavaria,\\nJune 10, 1833, and emigrated to Indiana\\nin 50; moved to Illinois in 67; educated\\nin common schools; elected to the\\nhouse in 90 and 92. Is married and\\nowns 1,100 acres.\\nCommittees: Claims (cliairman), public-\\ncharities, public buildings, elections, sol-\\ndiers home.\\nIn the make-up it wasnecessarj to\\nchange a few of the biographical\\nsketches from their true alphabetical\\nposition. An effort was made to get\\nevery portrait in its place in the biog-\\nraphy, or immediately preceding it.\\nIt is no fault of the compiler and pub-\\nlisher that the House of Representa-\\ntives is not represented by a complete\\nportrait gallery. Povertj^ on the part\\nof those whose sketches are marked\\nwith a is no good reason, for without\\nexception, almost, the biography indi-\\ncates a degree of prosperity above the\\naverage citizen and legislator.\\nTHE PRESS GALLERY.\\nSome of the brightest stars in the\\njournalistic firmament have sent us\\nas hot stuff from Springfield as thej\\never will send in this world. The\\nwriter s experience as a legislative\\ncorrespondent dates from the session\\nof 83, when the little unpleasantness\\nover Mr. Rook and the passage of the\\nHarper High License Bill, furnished\\ngingery sensations for weeks. The\\nnext legislature that of 85\u00e2\u0080\u0094 contained\\n101 democrats and E- M. Haines and\\n102 republicans, and the correspond-\\nents wanted plenty of space. Guns,\\nknives, clubs and grim death were only\\nordinarj diurnal incidents of both ses-\\nsions until the jjoints at issue were\\nfinally adjusted. The meetings in 87\\nand 89 were comparatively peaceful,\\nbut 91 was hot enough. No ordinary\\nmaterial could cope with the events of\\nthese sessions of the Illinois General\\nAssembly, and the managing editors\\nappreciated the gravity of the assign-\\nment by detailing their best men.\\nAmong others who have burned the\\nwires the following are noted: R. W.\\nRansom, now night editor of The Tri-\\nbune; V. B. Kelly, lately of The New\\nYork Sun; Charles M. Pepper, now\\nchief of the Washington staff of The\\nChicago Tribune; Walter Wellman,\\nnow chief of the Washington staff of\\nThe Chicago Herald; John P. Ballan-\\ntyne, afterwards managing editor of\\nThe Chicago Herald and Daily News;\\nCharles R. Tuttle, now managing\\neditor of The Chicago Dispatch; Pho-\\ncion Howard was an omnipresent and\\nindispensable adjunct peace to his\\nweary bones; Brand Whitlock, now\\nchief clerk of the index department of\\nthe Secretary of State s office; Dan\\nAmbrose, now running a paper in Mis-\\nsouri; L. W. Busby, now assistant\\neditor on The Inter Ocean; E. L. Mer-\\nritt, now a representative in the house\\nfrom Sangamon county Will Connelh\\nnow owner of the Danville Daily Press,\\nand others whose names are not now\\nrecalled. John A. Corwin, on duty in\\n81-3 for The Times, switched to The\\nHerald, and finallj landed with The\\nTribune; is now in charge of that jour-\\nnal s legislative bureau, and has had\\nit for several sessions. Mr. Corwin is\\nthe oldest correspondent in consecu-\\ntive service with the Illinois General\\nAssembly. T. C. MacMillan, now in\\ncharge of the The Inter Ocean staff,\\nwas a member of the legislature from\\n85 to 91 inclusive. J. C. Hollman s", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94\\nLEGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nfirst session was in 83, and the veteran\\nW. K. Sullivan has represented The\\nEvening Journal off and on for\\nmany years. Sketches of late arrivals\\nand several old friends are submitted\\nbelow. At every session the legislative\\npress gallery has been filled with con-\\nspicuously bright, able and untiring\\nnews-gatherers.\\nMR. HOLLMAN.\\nHOIvLMAN, JOSEPH C, in charge\\nof The Chicago Record Bureau is a na-\\ntive of southwestern Wisconsin, and\\nwas born in 1846. He learned the\\nprinter s trade in a country newspa-\\nper office, and with the exception of a\\nbrief service in the army, has been\\ncontinuously in newspaper work since\\n60. He was typo and telegraph editor\\non the Milwaukee Sentinel from 66 to\\n74, and then accompanied a retiring\\nproprietor of that journal to Quincy,\\n111., where, during fourteen years, he\\nserved in every reportorial and edito-\\nrial position on The Daily Whig.\\nIn the meantime he had become\\nfamiliar with legislation and politics\\nin Illinois, representing The Chicago\\nTribune in the lower house of the\\ngeneral assembly in 83 and being\\nin attendance upon all subsequent\\nsessions. In 88 he removed to Chicago\\nand became a reporter on The Morn-\\ning News\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now The Record\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and has\\nsince reported four sessions of the\\nlegislature for it and has done state\\npolitics during the campaigns.\\nMacMIEEAN, THOMAS C, in\\ncharge of The Chicago Inter Ocean\\nBureau, was born at Stranraer, Scot-\\nland, Oct. 4, 1850, and in 57 moved\\nwith his parents to Chicago, where\\nhe attended the public schools for\\na time, leaving to serve as an ap-\\nprentice to a machinist. Poor health\\ncompelled him to abandon this, and\\nhe returned to school, graduating from\\nthe high school. Then he entered\\nthe Chicago University. In January,\\n73, he became a reporter on The\\nInter Ocean. In 75 he went as cor-\\nrespondent of that paper with the\\nBlack Hills exploring expedition, and\\nin 75-6 he represented his paper with\\nGen. Crook in his campaign against\\nSitting Bull and his hostile Sioux. In\\n78 he made an extensive tour of Eu-\\nrope and in 80 succeeded Robert P.\\nPorter as editor of Our Curiosity\\nShop, an important department of\\nThe Inter Ocean. In 82 he succeeded\\nGeorge B. Armstrong as city editor,\\nand two years later returned to the\\nCuriosity Shop. In January, 83 he\\nmarried Miss Mary C. Goudie of\\nNa-au-say, Kendall county. He has\\nserved as a member of the Cook\\nCounty Board of Education for three\\nyears and for five years has been sec-\\nretary and director of the Chicago\\nFree Kindergarten association, and is\\nalso a director of the American Educa-\\ntional Aid association of Illinois; was\\ndirector for two terms in the Chicago\\nPublic Library. Mr. MacMillan was\\nelected to the house in 84 and 86, and\\nadvanced to the senate in 88, his term\\nMR. MACMILLAN.\\nexpiring in 92; he was named by the\\nrepublicans for congress last year, but\\nwas defeated. He was a charter mem-\\nber of the Chicago Press Club, and is\\nfirst vice president of the Illinois St.\\nAndrews Society. In June, 85, Illi-\\nnois College at Jacksonville conferred\\non him the degree of Master of Arts.\\nHe is a quiet, but energetic worker.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "I.RCISI.ATIVK SOrVKNIK.\\n95\\nBURUETT, SAM M., in charg-e of\\nThe ChicHf^ o Herald Bureau, was born\\nin Boyle county, Kentucky, February\\n5, 1854. He studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 76. In 78 he\\nwas elected prosecuting- iittorney of\\nRockcastle county in his native state,\\nholding- the office for four years.\\nWhile eng-ag-ed in the practice of law\\nhe developed a taste for journalistic\\nwork, which he cultivated by making-\\noccasional contributions to the col-\\numns of The Ivouisville Courier- Jour-\\nnal. In 84 Mr. Burdett was g-iven a\\nposition by Mr. Henry Watterson on\\nthe editorial staff of The Courier-\\nJourniil. In November, 87, he was\\nappointed a special ag-ent of the\\nUnited States Internal Revenue de-\\npartment under President Cleveland\\nand was assig -ned to duty in the north-\\nwest with headquarters at Omaha. He\\nresig-ned the office of revenue ag-ent\\nsoon after the accession of President\\nHarrison and returned to Kentucky.\\nMarch 24. 90, Mr. Burdett was mar-\\nried to Miss Clara B. Russell, daugh-\\nter of A. A. Russell, of Massillon,\\nOhio. Immediately after his mar-\\nriage he went with his wife to Denver,\\nCol., where they resided for one year,\\nremoving- to Chicago in May, 91. In\\nthe following Aug -ust he was em-\\nployed as an editorial writer on the\\nMK. BURDETT.\\nstaff of The Chicago Herald, and last\\nJanuary Mr. Burdett was sent to\\nSpringfield and placed in charge of\\nThe Herald s legislative bureau.\\nGRAHAM, WILLIAM A. S., in\\ncharge of The Chicag-o Times Bureau,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was born inNewtownhamilton, County\\nArmagh, Ireland, Feb. 6, 1863, and re-\\nceived a good common school educa-\\ntion. In 79 he came to America and\\nwas employed as office boy in The\\nPhiladelphia Press. Subsequently he\\nbecame a copy-holder and g-raduated\\nas a writer under the tutelage of Maj.\\nMoses P. Handy, the present chief of\\nthe Bureau of Publicitv and Promo-\\ntion of the World s Fair. In 82 he\\nMR. (UiAHAJI.\\nwent to Denver, and two years later\\nmoved to Chicag -o, prior to the demo-\\ncratic national convention of 84, and\\nhas been doing politics for Chicago\\nnewspapers ever since. He was with\\nThe Times in 84; The Tribune in 89,\\nreporting the legislative session that\\n3 ear, and on the adjournment of the\\nleg -islature was made secretiiry of the\\npress bureau by the Chicago newspa-\\npers, and assigned to the task of work-\\ning up sentiment through the press\\nfor Chicago as the world s fair city.\\nAt this time he was attacked with\\ntyphoid fever and nearly died. On\\nrecovering, he reported the special\\nsession of the leg -islature for The\\nHerald, continuing with that journal\\nuntil after the election of 90, and has\\nsince been with The Times. He had\\ncharg-e of the leg-islative bureau of\\nthat paper in 91, and in the campaign\\nof 92 was a very valuable and discreet\\naid to Gov. Altgeld and the demo-\\ncratic ticket. His labors were recog-\\nnized, for he was made commissioner\\nof the Illinois Michigan canal by\\nthe governor. He took an active in-\\nterest in the campaign of Carter H.\\nHarrison, editor of The Times, for\\nmayor of Chicago this spring and was\\nselected as private secretary to the\\nmayor by Mr. Harrison, a position for\\nwhich he is eminently qualified.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "LEGISIvATlVE SOUVENIR.\\nJan. 88 he was married to Miss Caro-\\nline Brown, of Evanston, and they\\nhave had two boys, one of whom is\\nliving-.\\nSUIvIvIVAN, WIIvLIAM K., in\\ncharge of The Chicago Evening Jour-\\nnal Bureau, was born in Waterford,\\nIreland, Nov. 10, 1843. He was edu-\\nMR. SULLIVAN.\\ncated at the Waterford Model School\\nand in Dublin. In his youth he was\\nintended for a Methodist minister, but\\nhe preferred to seek his fortune in\\nAmerica and in another pursuit. He\\nemigrated in 63, and his career for a\\ntime was somewhat varied. He served\\nin the 141st III. Inf.; taught school for\\na time in Kane and Kendall counties;\\nran an engine in West Virginia dur-\\ning the oil excitement there. Then he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0went \\\\o Europe, and when he returned\\nstopped in New York for a time, con-\\ntributing to Gen. Halpin s (Miles\\nO Reilly) Citizen. Then he read\\nproof and became a reporter on the\\nNew York Sun under Moses Beach,\\nand served under Charles A. Dana be-\\nfore he returned to the west and Chi-\\ncago. He was first connected with\\nThe Tribune, and afterwards The\\nEvening Journal. He has been with\\nthis reliable chronicler of events for\\neighteen years as city editor, manag-\\ning editor and correspondent. He was\\na representative in the 27th General\\nAssembly; was appointed by Maj^or\\nColvin on the Chicago Board of Edu-\\ncation, and served three years, two\\nyears as president of the board; was\\nUnited States consul to the Bermudas\\nduring President Harrison s adminis-\\ntration, and resigned in Oct. 92. In\\n64 he was married to Miss Amelia\\nShackelford, of Evanston, and has\\none son and one daughter. Mr. Sul-\\nlivan has been on duty at every Illi-\\nnois legislative assembly for over\\ntwenty years, and is almost as well\\nknown as the state house to public\\nmen of both parties.\\nJONES, ALEXANDER J., in\\ncharge of the Associated Press Bureau,\\nwas born in Sangamon Co., 111., July 11,\\n1860. He was raised on a farm, and\\nin 1877 entered the United States\\nNaval Academy at Annapolis, on the\\nnomination of Congressman Wm. M.\\nSpringer, as a cadet midshipman.\\nAfter one year s service he resigned\\nand, proceeding to Eondon, shipped\\naboard a merchant vessel as seaman\\nfor Australia. He spent several\\nmonths in Australia, traversing ex-\\ntensively the provinces of Victoria and\\nNew South Wales. Then he shipped\\nat Sydney as an ordinary seaman on\\na Bolivian vessel for San Francisco.\\nAfter two years absence, and having\\nsailed around the world as sailor before\\nthe mast, he returned to Illinois, and\\nin 80 began teaching school. Three\\nyears later he entered the newspaper\\nbusiness, spending two years in\\nErance and other European countries\\nto perfect his knowledge in literature\\nand acquire proficiency in the French\\nlanguage. In 84-5-6 he was employed\\nsuccessively on The New York Tribune,\\nThe Chicago Times and The Chicago\\nMK. JONES.\\nInter Ocean, finally going to Wash-\\nington as clerk of the Committee on\\nClaims of the house of representatives.\\nHe was married in 85 to Miss Agnes\\nS. Chalmers, of Springfield, 111., and\\nthey have one child, a boy. In 88 he\\nwas appointed by President Cleveland", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "I,KC.ISI ATIVp; SOUVKNIK.\\n97\\nas United States consul at Barran-\\nquilla, Colombia, South America and\\nheld this office until the expiration of\\nthe Cleveland administration. He\\nthen returned to the newspaper pro-\\nfession accepting- a position on The\\nChica, -o Times, and finally became\\nthe manager of the Springfield Legis-\\nlative Bureau of the Associated Press\\nin 89. For the past four years he has\\nbeen the political correspondent of the\\nAssociated Press and has reported\\nnearly all the great events, political\\nand otherwise, in the United States\\nsince that time, including the Johns-\\ntown horror, the Cronin trial, the\\nHomestead riots, many state conven-\\ntions, and three national conventions.\\nDuring- the sessions of the last con-\\ng ress he represented the Associated\\nPress at Washing-ton, D. C, returning\\nto Springfield every alternate year to\\ntake charge of the Illinois Legislative\\nBureau.\\nFITZMAURICE, D. C, in charg-e\\nof The St. Louis Republic Bureau at\\nthe sessions of 91- 93, was born in\\nCincinnati, May 12, 1855. His early\\neducation was in the schools of Illi-\\nnois, at Kansas and Charleston, and\\ncompleted bj taking the full course\\nat Hughes High School, Cincinnati.\\nHis first newspaper work was on The\\nCincinnziti Star, then a new daily pa-\\nMli. I lTZMAUKlCl!;.\\nper, since consolidated with The\\nTimes. Later he was on the local\\nstaff of The Cincinnati Enquirer. In\\nJune, 76, he took the editorial man-\\nagement of a new democratic daily\\nwhich the democrats of Alton were\\nanxious to establish after several fail-\\nures by men who have since become\\neminent in journalism, politics and\\ncommerce. The first number of The\\nAlton Democrat appeared under his\\nmanag^ement June 17, 76, and he re-\\nmained the editor of the paper for\\ntwelve years. In 88 he contributed a\\nseries of letters to The St. Louis Re-\\npublic, developing the practical oper-\\nation of the taxation and revenue sys-\\nMK. KIDl)\\ntems of Illinois. After the close of\\nthe campaign of that year he was at-\\ntached to the staff of The Republic\\nas staff correspondent. In that capa-\\ncity he has seen wide and varied ser-\\nvice in all parts of the country\\nKIDD, THOMAS W. S.. editor and\\nproprietor of The Daily Monitor, of\\nSpringfield, was born in New Castle,\\nDel., Oct. 22, 1828. His parents were\\nnatives of Delaware, but of Irish de-\\nscent. Both Capt. Kidd s parents died\\nwhen he was ver^ young-, and he was\\nraised by an aunt. He attended school\\nbut six weeks during- his life. In 40\\nthe family moved to Philadelphia and\\nThomas served two years as errand boy\\nin a merchant tailoring establish-\\nment. Here T. S. Arthtir and other\\nliterary- celebrities frequently met and\\nyoung- Kidd in listening to their con-\\nversation first conceived the idea of\\nlearning- something- of books and the\\nworld. He learned the trades of printer\\nand stereot^ per and subsequently that\\nof blacksmith and machinist, and was\\nwith locomotive builders at Wilming-\\nton until 49, when he removed to\\nChicago and took charge of extensive\\niron shops. He soon tired of this and\\naccepted a place as traveling- ag-ent\\nfor an agricultural implement firm,\\nremaining in this line until 57. Iti", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "98\\nLEGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nFebruary, 56, he moved to Spring--\\nfield; in 57 was bailiff in the U. S.\\nmarshal s office; in 58 was elected\\ncoroner and appointed deputy sheriff;\\nin the winters of 58- 59 and 59- 60 he\\nserved as sheriff of the Supreme\\nCourt; in 60 he was made crier of the\\nU. S. District Court by Judge Treat,\\nwhich he held until 77; he was\\nassessor of Springfield for fifteen\\nyears and collector for two years; in\\n58 he read law and was admitted to\\nthe bar. He established the Sanga-\\nmo Monitor May 1, 73 and The\\nMorning Monitor June 28, 77. In\\nJuly, 54, he married Miss Charlotte\\nJanney, of Cecil Co., Md., and six\\nchildren have been born to them, of\\nwhom one a daughter survives. As\\na writer Capt. Kidd has a peculiar\\nstyle of his own. He uses very plain\\nEnglish without frills and everybody\\nknows what he means.\\nMK. DAVIS.\\nDAVIS, JOHN McCAN, in charge\\nof The St. Ivouis Globe-Democrat\\nBtireau, is a native of Fulton County,\\nthis state. His first journalistic expe-\\nrience was in Canton, 111., where he\\nwas engaged in newspaper work for\\nseveral years. He came to Spring-\\nfield in 88 and connected himself with\\nThe Illinois State Journal. He has\\nbeen in charge of the legislative work\\nof The Globe-Democrat for two ses-\\nsions the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-\\neighth General Assemblies. Mr.\\nDavis, at different times, has repre-\\nsented a number of metropolitan pa-\\npers at the state capital, being now\\nthe resident correspondent of The\\nChicago Times and several eastern\\npapers, including The New York World.\\nHe represents several journals.\\nMITCHEI.lv, HENRY ROBEY, rep-\\nresenting several prominent dailies,\\nwas born in Illinois and was educated\\nas a practical farmer. He entered\\nthe United States service at the\\nMK. MIXCllELL.\\nage of twenty years, and since the\\nwar has been engaged in newspaper\\nwork of different kinds. For the past\\nfifteen years he has been connected\\nwith The Chicago Inter Ocean most of\\nthe time, and has been a reporter in\\nthe Illinois legislature since the mem-\\norable Eogan-Morrison contest in 1885.\\nVAUGHN, JOHN E., in charge\\nof The Springfield Morning Mon-\\nitor, was born in Belleville, 111.,\\nSept. 17, 1870. He received a good\\nMR. VAUGHN.\\ncommon school education in the Belle-\\nville schools. He came to Springfield\\nabout six years ago, and began on The\\nMonitor as police and justices courts", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "I.KC.ISLATIVK SOrVKNIK.\\n99\\nreporter, and uiade this department of\\nThe Monitor a feature of the paper.\\nHe reported the leg-islature of 91 and\\nwas assigned to do the state conven-\\ntions and local and state politics for\\nCapt. Kidd s agg ressive journal. He\\ndid his work well, and is a reliable and\\nable reporter and writer. He is the\\nyoungest correspondent in charge of\\nthe work for any newspaper this ses-\\nsion. The Monitor publishes the best\\nand most comprehensive reports of the\\nlegislative proceedings of any local\\npaper.\\nPICKERING, JOHN L., of Spring-\\nfield, who has represented various\\nmetropolitan papers during legislative\\nsessions, and is the compiler of this\\nbook, was born near Neoga, 111., Sept.\\n12, 1860, and spent his boyhood in\\nAreola. In 75 he was train boy on\\nthe Illinois Central, and afterwards\\nswitched to the position of brakeman\\nMR. PICKERING.\\non a freight train, which he followed\\na year or more. He started to learn\\nthe printer s trade when 10 yezLm\\nold, and in 78 quit railroading for a\\nslug in The Peoria National Demo-\\ncrat office, attending- the Peoria high\\nschool at the same time. In 80- 82 he\\nsolicited subscribers for The Chicago\\nHerald throughout the northwest, and\\nworked as news compositor in the\\nsame office. Reported the legislature\\nof 83 and 85 for The Springfield Reg-\\nister, and was telegraph editor of the\\nsame paper for several years. In 87\\nhe established in Springfield a polit-\\nico-society weekly, The Capital Idea,\\nwhich he conducted for three j ears,\\nand then sold it. He has contributed\\nletters on Illinois politics since 84 to\\nThe Herald, The Times, The Republic\\nand The Tribune; during the cam-\\npaigns of 86, 88 and 90 was con-\\nnected with The Herald and The\\nRepublic, and was with The Tribune\\nin 92; was on The Times staff during\\nthe sessson of 91, and wont on the\\nWashington staff of that paper in\\nDec. 91. He is a practical printer in\\nall departments. In Dec. 83, he mar-\\nried Miss Etta Rountree, of Nashville,\\n111., and they have three children, a\\nboy and two girls.\\nGRAIN INSPECTION.\\nIn 71 the legislature passed laws\\nproviding for state inspection of grain\\nin Chicago and placing it under the\\nsupervision of the railroad and ware-\\nhouse commission. The g-rain inspec-\\ntion and warehouse registrar depart-\\nments of Chicago were organized in\\nJuly, 71, and since then the following\\nhave been chief inspectors: W. F.\\nTompkins, W. H. Harper, J. C. Smith,\\nJ. P. Reynolds, P. Bird Price and\\nGeorge P. Bunker. The chief inspector\\nis appointed by the governor. The\\nregistrar is appointed by the railroad\\nand warehouse commission, and the\\nfollowing have filled the office since\\n71: Stephen Clary, T. H. Tvndale, B.\\nF. Cnlver, H. S. Dean, P. Bird Price,\\nJ. W. Burst, J. M. Turn bull and Louis\\nWagner. Messrs. Bunker and Wag-\\nner are the onl3 officers of democratic\\nfaith that ever filled these positions.\\nAlthough new to the duties thej have\\ngiven satisfactory ovidence of the wis-\\ndom of Gov. Altgeld in selecting them.\\nBUNKER, GEORGE P., Chief Grain\\nInspector, although active in politics\\nfor a number of years, is a successful\\nbusiness man. For fifteen years he\\nhas been a manufacturer of vinegar\\nand pickles. In all the political cam-\\npaigns in Chicago during the last\\nseven ^^ears he has been a member of\\nthe executive committee of the county\\ncentral committee, in every case acting\\nas treasurer. The only political posi-\\ntion he has held was that of alderman\\nfrom the Eighth ward. He was for\\ntwo years in the council and two years\\nago refused the office for a second\\nterm. Mr. Bunker was born in Frank-\\nlin county. New York, forty-three years\\nago and at the age of eighteen moved\\nto Chicago. The second day after his\\narrival he became a conductor on the\\nWest Division railway and remained\\nthere about a year. He then secured", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "100\\nLEGISIvATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nemployment with William Goldie\\nCo., contractors, and was with that\\nfirm five years, when he embarked in\\nthe pickle and vineg^ar business. His\\nabilities as a business man are unques-\\nGEO. p. BUNKEE.\\ntioned, and while in the council he\\nserved his ward and the city well. Mr.\\nBunker is a member of the Iroquois\\nClub, and the Cook County Democracy\\nand Marching- Club.\\nWAGNER, lyOUIS, Warehouse Reg--\\nistrar, was born in Watertown, Wis.,\\nJan. 28, 1858, and has lived in Chicago\\nsince 66. He was educated at North-\\nwestern University, Watertown, at\\nConcordia Gymnasium, Fort Wayne,\\ng-raduating- in 76, and at Concordia\\nLOUIS WAGNEK,\\n(Saxon) University, St. Ivouis, gradti-\\nating- in 79. He has been editor of\\nGerman daily papers in St. Louis and\\nChicago for ten years. In 90 he was\\nnominated for the state senate by the\\ndemocrats of the Seventh district, and\\nwas defeated by only 833 votes, al-\\nthough his opponent was a prominent\\nrepublican, and had been elected in\\n86 by a majority of over 2,300. Mr.\\nWagner made a tour of the state last\\nyear, speaking at forty-five places in\\nEnglish, German and Low German,\\nfor the democratic ticket. He devoted\\nhimself principally to exposing the\\niniquities of the Edwards Compulsory\\nSchool Eaw, and is the author of the\\npamphlet, A Brief History of the\\nEdwards Eaw, a tract that provoked\\na great deal of newspaper controversy,\\nand was circulated as a campaign doc-\\nument. He was appointed warehouse\\nregistrar March 13, 1893, a selection\\nthat was well received in the state.\\nPHOTOGRAPHER ANDERSON.\\nANDERSON, E. S., the well known\\nSpringfield photogra|)her, was born in\\nMadison Co., N. Y., April 30, 1847, and\\nreceived a good common school educa-\\ntion. He came to Northern Illinois\\nwith his parents in 52, and spent most\\nof his time until 67 in Rockford. where\\nhe learned his profession. He com-\\nmenced business in 69 and has had a\\nver3 sttccessful experience. He estab-\\nlished a studio in Springfield in 74,\\nand in 84 was compelled to romove to\\nlarger quarters to his present loca-\\ntion, north side of the square on\\naccount of increased business. He has\\nnegatives for every legislator since\\nand including 85, when he made the\\nEogan 103 group under contract with\\nthat statesman s friends. He keeps up\\nwith the latest improvements in his\\nline, and that insures him the best\\ntrade.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "i.KoiSLATivH soi vp;nik.\\n101\\nSPECIAL COMMITTEES.\\nJoint coiinnittee to iiivestig ate the\\nsweat shop evil Senators Noonan\\n(chairman), Mahoney and Chapman;\\nRepresentatives O Donnell, Dearborn,\\nDeneen emd May.\\nJoint committee to investig^ate the\\nWhisky Trust Senators Salomon\\n(chairman), Evans and Mahone^ Rep-\\nresentatives Smith of Living-ston, Mc-\\nInerney, Carlin, Paddock and Cherry.\\nJoint committee to ascertain what\\nadditional accommodations are needed\\nfor the Appellate Court, First district\\nSenators Johnson (chairman), O Mal-\\nlev and Humphrey; Representatives\\nDonnelly, Mclnerney and O Connell.\\nSenate committee to investig ate\\ncharg-es ayainst the former manag^e-\\nnient of the Joliet penitentiary Sen-\\nators Green (chairman), O Conor,\\nAllen, Arnold, Manecke, Bacon and\\nHowell.\\nSenate committee to investigate the\\nSchool Book and School Furniture\\nTrusts Senators Arnold (chairman),\\nNoonan, Ford, O Malley, Ferg-uson,\\nMussett and Humphrey\\nHouse committee to investig-ate the\\nBig Four railroad wreck at Wann\\nRepresentatives Fowler (chairman),\\nMcMillan, Snyder, Baldwin, Caug^hlan,\\nFletcher, Snedeker.\\nHOLD=OVER SENATORS.\\nThe following state senators were\\nelected in 1892 and hold over during\\nthe session of 1895:\\nAspinwall, rep., Stephenson.\\nBarnes, dem., Marshall.\\nBartling-, dem.. Cook.\\nBerr^ rep., Hancock.\\nBogardus, rep.. Ford.\\nBrands, dem., Randolph.\\nCampbell, dem., Hamilton.\\nCoon, rep., Lake.\\nCraig, dem., Coles.\\nDunlap, rep.. Champaign.\\nEvans, rep., Kane.\\nFord, dem., Clinton.\\nGreen, dem., Alexander.\\nHamer, rep., Fulton.\\nHig-bee, dem.. Pike.\\nHowell, rep., McLean.\\nHunter, rep., Winnebago.\\nJohnson, dem.. Cook.\\nLeeper, dem., Cass.\\nLetourneau, rep., Kankakee.\\nMussett, rep., Edwards.\\nNiehaus, dem., Peoria.\\nPaisley, dem., Montgomery.\\nSalomon, dem.. Cook.\\nWall, dem., Macoupin.\\nThe re-apportionment of senatorial\\ndistricts will not affect the position of\\nthe above senators. They are all from\\neven-numbered districts, and are di-\\nvided politically 14 democrats and 11\\nrepublicans.\\nMEMBERS RETURNED.\\nThe following members of the pres-\\nent General Assembly were members\\nof the legislature of 1891:\\nSenators\\nBerry, Green,\\nBogardus, Hamer,\\nCampbell, Higbee,\\nCraig-, Hunt,\\nEvans, EeeiDer.\\nRepresentatives\\nAnderson, J. O., Mclnerney,\\nArmstrong, May,\\nBarton, Merritt,\\nBeals, Meyer, Ernst,\\nBerry, Myers,\\nBryan, Nohe,\\nBurke, O Connell,\\nCallahan, O Donnell,\\nCarmody, O Loug-hlin,\\nCarson, Paddock,\\nCherry, Payne,\\nConway, Preston,\\nCrafts, Reed,\\nDearborn, Rohrer,\\nDonnelly, Smith, J. A.,\\nDuncan, Smith, W. S.,\\nEllsworth, Spellman,\\nErickson, Straig-ht,\\nFarrell, Stringer,\\nFerns, Talbot,\\nForsythe, Thiemann,\\nGriggs, Tice,\\nHawiey, Warder.\\nHopkins, Watson,\\nKelly, Wilke,\\nKwasigroch, Wilson, J. P.,\\nEyman, Wiwi,\\nMcCrone, 65.\\nThis is the first General Assembly\\nsince that of 1881 that has not chosen\\na United States Senator. Shelby M.\\nCullom was elected in 1883 to succeed\\nDavid Davis. John A. Logan was\\nelected in 1885 to succeed himself after\\na four months battle roval with Wm.\\nR. Morrison. In 1887 Charles B. Far-\\nwell was chosen to succeed Gen. Logan\\nwho died in 1886. Senator Cullom was\\nre-elected in 1889, and in 1891 John M.\\nPalmer broke the republican record.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "102 LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nSTATE OFFICERS.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Governor John P. Altgeld, Dem,, Chicago\\nLieutenant=Qovernor Joseph B. Gill, Dem., Murphysboro\\n-Secretary of State William H. Hinrichsen, Dem., Jacksonville\\nState Treasurer Rufus N. Ramsay, Dem., Carlyle\\nAttorney General flaurice T. flaloney, Dem., Ottawa\\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction Henry Raab, Dem., Belleville\\nAuditor of Public Accounts David Gore, Dem., Carlinville\\nPrivate Secretary to Governor Wm. F. Dose, Dem., Chicago\\nSENATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES.\\nPRESIDENT Joseph B. Gill, Murphysboro\\nPRESIDENT PRO TEM John W. Coppinger, Alton\\nSECRETARY Finis E. Downing, Virginia\\nFirst Assistant E. P. Kimball, Virden\\nSecond Assistant R. S. Bayne, Varna\\nReading Clerk Mrs. Phocion Howard, Danville\\nPresident s Private Secretary CD. Tufts, Centralia\\nEnrolling and Engrossing Clerk Fred J. Kern, Belleville\\nFirst Assistant Harvey J. Jones, Carlyle\\nSecond Assistant Gerhart Weber, Hillsboro\\nSergeant-at-Arms Robert H. Davis, Carrollton\\nFirst Assistant Edwin Bowen, Decatur\\nSecond Assistant Robert Welch, Chicago\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Chaplain Rev. Dr. F. W. Taylor, Springfield\\nPostmaster Mrs. M. O Conner, Springfield\\nAssistant Postmaster Miss Mary Turner, Mattoon\\nSuperintendent of Ventilation J. E. Judy\\nAssistant W. H. Duckstein, Springfield\\nHOUSE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES.\\nSPEAKER Clavton E. Crafts, Chicago\\nCLERK ROB T W. Ross, Vandalia\\nFirst Assistant W. E. Handy, Tolono\\nSecond Assistant W. B. Morris, Golconda\\nThird Assistant James E. Vail, Macomb\\nBill Clerk H. B. Lichtenberger, Freeport\\nCustodian of Printed Bills Chas. T. Bouillon, Carlinville\\nDoorkeeper E. S. Browne, Mendota\\nFirst Assistant John N. Summers, Chicago\\nSecond Assistant John McDarrah, Rock Island\\nThird Assistant B. W. Rives, Kankakee\\nEnrolling and Engrossing Clerk A. E. Simonson, Dixon\\nFirst Assistant Adam Gard, Marshall\\nSecond Assistant Louis I. Hutchins, Keithsburg\\nPostmaster Miss Mollie McCabe, Springfield\\nAsssistant Miss Kathryn Gallagher, Springfield\\nChaplain Rev. Joseph Hawkins, Lincoln\\nSpeaker s Private Secretary Will E. McGurren, Chicago\\nPress Messenger George R. Berriman, Springfield\\nSuperintendent of Ventilation Theodore Adelman, Alton\\nChief Page Phocion Howard, Jr., Danville", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n103\\nNAFEW, JOHN A., chief clerk of\\nthe St. Nicholas Hotel, and one of the\\nino.st popular and best known men in\\nIllinois, was born in Troy, N. Y., Sept.\\n17, 1837, and is the oldest son of John\\nCUIKI (Jl^KKK ftAl. JbN\\\\\\nS. and Mary H. (Weaver) Nafew. He\\nreceived a common school education,\\nand begfan life as a drngg-ist in Albany,\\ncontinuing it for four years. In 55 he\\nmoved to Chicago, and soon afterwards\\nto Wisconsin, where he clerked in a\\nhotel for a year. For three years he\\nwas clerk of the old Pike House, Bloom-\\nington. 111., and in 60 he entered the\\not\u00c2\u00a5ice of the St. Nicholas, at Spring-\\nheld, remaining until 65, when he was\\nmade general ticket eigent of the Jef-\\nfersonville railroad. In two years he\\nreturned to the St. Nicholas, and then\\ntook charge of the American House,\\nwhich he ran acceptably for three\\nyears, and returned to the old reliable\\nSt. Nicholas, where he has been ever\\nsince. In 63 he married Miss E.\\nFrank Mclntire, of Springfield, and\\none daughter has been born to them.\\nHe is a Royal Arch Chapter Mason;\\nwas master workman in Lodge 37, A.\\nO. U. W., for two ears and has been\\na member of the Hotel Men s associa-\\ntion for years. December 17, 92, his\\nfriends among the traveling public and\\nguests of the St. Nicholas compli-\\nmented his uniform courtesy and\\nefforts to please by tendering him a\\ncomplimentary banquet, at which he\\nwas presented with a handsome watch\\ncharm of virgin gold, in tablet form,\\nwith large star set in diamonds. On\\nthe tablets were engraved the names\\nof about fiftv friends of Mr. Nafew.\\nMAIX DIXING ROOM, ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "104\\nLEGISI.ATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nITALIAN MARBLE STATUE, CUT FROM PHOTO, BY RICHTER\\nDOEAND, ARTISTIC MONUMENTS, SPRINGFIEED.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "I,KC.ISI,ATIVE SOUVKNIK.\\n105\\nTHE CAPITOI,.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "106\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "LEGisr.ATivp; sorvKNiK.\\n107\\n-p.^fffi^r^^:rcT-;^r?iTrrL^\\nE\\nTHE IJXCOLN MONUMENT.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "108\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\nOUTFITTERS TO THE STATESMEN OF ILLINOIS.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIK.\\n109\\nEXECUTIVE MANSION \u00e2\u0080\u0094GOV. ALTGEI D S RESIDENCE.\\nTHE LINCOLN HOME.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "110\\nLEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "LKGISI.ATIVE SOUVEN IK.\\nIll", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "112\\nI^EGISI^ATIVE SOUVENIR.", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n113\\nQ\\nW\\nQ jT\\n3\\no\\no\\n5^\\n2\\nH\\nH", "height": "3415", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "ist, 2d, 3d, 4th,\\n5th, 6th, 7th 9th, /N Yq^\\nith, 13th, 15th, NyTy\\n17th, 19th, 2 1 St, t monroe j,\\n23d.\\nSENATORIAL DISTRICTS\\nAS FIXED BY THE\\nGENERAL ASSEMBLY\\nOF 1833", "height": "3410", "width": "2182", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "LKC IS NATIVE SOUVENIR.\\n115", "height": "3410", "width": "2182", "jp2-path": "officialdirector00pick_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "I N EjEX\\nState Officers\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAltg-eld, John P 4\\nGill, Joseph B 5\\nHinrichsen, William H 6\\nMaloney Maurice T 9\\nRaab, Henry 8\\nRamsay, Ruf us N 7\\nThe Senate\\nDavis, Robert H., Sergeant-at-Arms 17\\nDowning-, Finis E., Secretary 17\\nTaylor, Rev. Dr. F. W., Chaplain 38\\nSenators, arranged alphabetically, beginning 18\\nThe House\\nBrowne, Edgar S., Doorkeeper 42\\nCrafts, Clayton E., Speaker 39\\nRoss, Robert W., Clerk 41\\nRepresentatives, arranged alphabetically, beginning- 42\\nOther Sketches\\nFreeman, Norman E., Reporter Supreme Court 11\\nHereford, Arthur E., Printer Expert 15\\nJones, George W., Clerk Appellate Court 12\\nOrendorff, Alfred, Adjutant General 10\\nPaddock, James H., Ex-Secretary Railroad Commissioners 15\\nSnively, Ethan A., Clerk Supreme Court 12\\nRailroad and Warehouse Commissioners\\nCantrell, William S., Chairman of Board 13\\nGahan, Thomas 14\\nEape, Charles F 13\\nYantis, John W., Secretary 14\\nBunker, George P., Chief Grain Inspector 99\\nWagner, Eouis, Registrar 100\\nThe Press Gai,i.ery\\nBurdett, Sam. M 95\\nDavis, J. McCan 98\\nHollman, J. C 94\\nFitzmaurice, D. C 97\\nGraham, W. A. S 95\\nJones, A.J 96\\nKidd,T. W. S 97\\nMacMillan, T. C 94\\nMitchell, H. R 98\\nPickering, J. 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