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Graff</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JosephVGraff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JosephVGraff.jpg/220px-JosephVGraff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JosephVGraff.jpg/330px-JosephVGraff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JosephVGraff.jpg/440px-JosephVGraff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1795" data-file-height="2020" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Illinois16 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 16th congressional district">16th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Selby" title="Thomas J. Selby">Thomas J. Selby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Claude_U._Stone" title="Claude U. Stone">Claude U. Stone</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Illinois14 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 14th congressional district">14th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Funk" title="Benjamin F. Funk">Benjamin F. Funk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">Benjamin F. Marsh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1854-07-01</span>)</span>July 1, 1854<br /><a href="/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana" title="Terre Haute, Indiana">Terre Haute, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 10, 1921<span style="display:none">(1921-11-10)</span> (aged 67)<br /><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Verdi Graff</b> (July 1, 1854 – November 10, 1921) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana" title="Terre Haute, Indiana">Terre Haute, Indiana</a>, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended <a href="/wiki/Wabash_College" title="Wabash College">Wabash College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crawfordsville,_Indiana" title="Crawfordsville, Indiana">Crawfordsville, Indiana</a>, one year. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Delavan,_Illinois" title="Delavan, Illinois">Delavan, Illinois</a>, in 1873 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">admitted to the bar</a> in 1879 and commenced practice in <a href="/wiki/Delavan,_Illinois" title="Delavan, Illinois">Delavan, Illinois</a>. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin, Illinois</a>, and continued the practice of law. </p><p>Graff was elected as an inspector of the Pekin public schools in 1891 and served as president of the board of education. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892. </p><p>Graff was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">Fifty-fourth</a> and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911).<sup id="cite_ref-cd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (<a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">Fifty-sixth</a> through <a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">Fifty-eighth</a> Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the <a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">Sixty-second</a> Congress. He continued the practice of law in <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>, where he had moved in 1899. He also engaged in banking. He died in <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>, November 10, 1921. 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Remann</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benson_Wood" title="Benson Wood">B. Wood</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Woodman" title="Charles W. Woodman">C. Woodman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._L._Hadley" title="William F. L. Hadley"><i>W. Hadley</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince"><i>G. Prince</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap"><i>H. Belknap</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_I._Rinaker" title="John I. Rinaker"><i>J. Rinaker</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">55th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Baker" title="Jehu Baker">J. Baker</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Connolly" title="James A. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Cooke" title="Edward D. Cooke">E. Cooke</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap">H. Belknap</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Hunter" title="Andrew J. Hunter">A. Hunter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Campbell_(Illinois_politician)" title="James R. Campbell (Illinois politician)">J. Campbell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Hinrichsen" title="William H. Hinrichsen">W. Hinrichsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Mills" title="Daniel W. Mills">D. Mills</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cusack_(politician)" title="Thomas Cusack (politician)">T. Cusack</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Thomas_Noonan" title="Edward Thomas Noonan">E. Noonan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Williams" title="William E. Williams">W. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/57th_United_States_Congress" title="57th United States Congress">57th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Feely" title="John J. Feely">J. Feely</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_J._Kern" title="Fred J. Kern">F. Kern</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Mahoney" title="William F. Mahoney">W. Mahoney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ross_Mickey" title="J. Ross Mickey">J. R. Mickey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Selby" title="Thomas J. Selby">T. Selby</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">58th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Mahoney" title="William F. Mahoney">W. Mahoney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Emerich" title="Martin Emerich">M. Emerich</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/59th_United_States_Congress" title="59th United States Congress">59th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt"><i>R. Hitt</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Dickson" title="Frank S. Dickson">F. Dickson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGavin" title="Charles McGavin">C. McGavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Michalek" title="Anthony Michalek">A. Michalek</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zeno_J._Rives" title="Zeno J. Rives">Z. Rives</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Wharton" title="Charles S. Wharton">C. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden"><i>F. Lowden</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/60th_United_States_Congress" title="60th United States Congress">60th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGavin" title="Charles McGavin">C. McGavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden">F. Lowden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_D._Foster" title="Martin D. Foster">M. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_T._McDermott_(politician)" title="James T. McDermott (politician)">J. McDermott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_B._Thistlewood" title="Napoleon B. Thistlewood">N. Thistlewood</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/61st_United_States_Congress" title="61st United States Congress">61st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden">F. Lowden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_D._Foster" title="Martin D. Foster">M. 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