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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sangamon County, Ill.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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He was part Cherokee, but the family kept this a secret until 1950. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/index.html">1909</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02189">Calvary Cemetery</a> Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James McMahon Graham (1852-1945) — also known as James M. Graham — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/04-14.html">April 14, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1885-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-officials.html">Sangamon County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1892-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/IL.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 21st District, 1909-15; defeated, 1914, 1918. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-23.html">October 23, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000357">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404712">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William H. Chamberlain (1931-c.1979) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-22.html">January 22, 1931</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1964-65; circuit judge in Illinois, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Died about 1979 (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05967">Camp Butler National Cemetery</a> Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Otis B. Duncan — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Highest-ranking African-American officer to serve in World War I. Interment at Camp Butler National Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Hutchinson Cemetery</a> Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known as William L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-31.html">August 31, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1833-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1835-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/aud.html">Illinois state auditor of public accounts</a>, 1843-46; died in office 1846. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-25.html">March 25, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 206 days</a>). Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Finis Ewing and Margaret Brevard (Davidson) Ewing; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#417.02.82">Ephraim Brevard Ewing</a>; married to Caroline S. Berry; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#323.11.15">Ewing Cockrell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10326.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000283">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403961">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-lee-davidson-ewing/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Lee D. Ewing">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6624028">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/10-16.html">October 16, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/attygn.html">Illinois state attorney general</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1827. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-died.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-16.html">October 16, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">33 years, 0 days</a>). Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment in 1866 at <a href="#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook6.html#896.15.71">Nathaniel Cook</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#862.48.49">John Dillard Cook (1789-1852)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/05-06.html">May 6, 1821</a>, to Julia Catherine Edwards (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#072.80.69">Ninian Edwards</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO.html">Cook County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000716">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402839">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a> 1441 Monument Avenue Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Founded 1858 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268123608/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/848/31.47.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Abraham Lincoln"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of New Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MN-lived.html">Menard County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a>, Hardin County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LR-born.html">Larue County</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-12.html">February 12, 1809</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1834-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/index.html">1856</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. He was. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Elected in 1900 to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">assassin</a> John Wilkes Booth, during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">play</a> at Ford's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/theaters.html">Theater</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Boarding House</a>, across the street, the following day, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/04-15.html">April 15, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07284">National Mall</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07305">Judiciary Park</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-04.html">November 4, 1842</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#849.06.72">Mary Ann Todd</a> (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; half-sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawson.html#705.45.25">Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#771.98.85">Benjamin Hardin Helm</a>; half-sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#563.34.51">Emilie Pariet Todd</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#329.83.69">Martha Dee Todd</a>; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#384.82.11">David Rittenhouse Porter</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#608.41.50">Robert Todd Lincoln</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#954.69.03">Levi Lincoln</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#300.55.99">Levi Lincoln Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#019.12.46">Enoch Lincoln</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#040.44.35">Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#223.25.06">Isham N. Haynie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#620.10.23">William M. Stone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#912.41.63">John Pitcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#994.90.93">Stephen Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#825.70.85">John T. Stuart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#231.48.38">William H. Seward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnett.html#424.51.71">Henry L. Burnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benjamin.html#395.46.65">Judah P. Benjamin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#730.55.92">Robert Toombs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson-jacobi.html#683.63.46">Richard Taylor Jacob</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#848.73.10">George W. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.06.01">James Adams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#346.91.50">John G. Nicolay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#682.37.80">Edward Everett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/logan.html#801.10.91">Stephen T. Logan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#061.23.89">Francis P. Blair</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hay.html#668.05.28">John Hay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#097.53.67">Henry Reed Rathbone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#402.77.44">James A. Ekin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#015.40.78">Frederick W. Seward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#141.69.05">John H. Surratt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#466.63.23">John H. Surratt, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#173.93.82">James Shields</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#563.34.51">Emily T. Helm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#943.13.24">John A. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#203.02.09">John Merryman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/compton.html#915.69.31">Barnes Compton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Lincoln counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/LN.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LN.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LI.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LC.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/LN.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LI.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LI.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LI.html">Mont.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LI.html">Nev.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/LI.html">N.M.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LI.html">Okla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LN.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/LI.html">Wash.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LI.html">W.Va.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LI.html">Wis.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LI.html">Wyo.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-names.html">Lincoln, Nebraska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Lincoln Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CL-names.html">Harrogate, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Lincoln <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-names.html">Jefferson City, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Lincoln <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-names.html">Oxford, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#044.54.84">Abraham L. Keister</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#774.64.53">Abraham L. Tucker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#485.03.84">Abraham L. Brick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#458.63.56">Abraham L. Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#123.26.15">Abraham Lincoln Bernstein</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reidelbach-reilley.html#544.58.20">A. Lincoln Reiley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#410.33.41">A. L. Helmick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sutton.html#643.93.07">Abraham L. Sutton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#851.63.38">A. Lincoln Acker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#187.77.66">Abraham L. Osgood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#336.68.14">Abraham L. Witmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#755.74.34">Abraham L. Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#572.34.99">Abraham L. Payton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/auth-avern.html#886.87.86">A. L. Auth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#651.06.46">A. Lincoln Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#351.98.23">A. Lincoln Niditch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#087.46.50">Abraham L. Rubenstein</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis1.html#852.57.04">Abraham L. Davis, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frederick-freels.html#841.63.11">Abraham L. Freedman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marling-marschner.html#134.20.77">A. L. Marovitz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#495.72.67">Lincoln Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#211.62.00">Abraham L. Banner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#110.91.68">Abraham Lincoln Tosti</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait has appeared</a> on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait also appeared</a> on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000313">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406807">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Lincoln">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/332/000024260">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1118823">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/627">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4097">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068482535X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=068482535X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln</a> — George Anastaplo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847694313/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847694313&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography</a> — G. S. Boritt, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195144589/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195144589&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon</a> — Albert J. Beveridge, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0403008654/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0403008654&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858</a> — Geoffrey Perret, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375507388/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375507388&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln's War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief</a> — David Herbert Donald, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743254686/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743254686&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends</a> — Edward Steers, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813122171/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813122171&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln</a> — Mario Cuomo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151009996/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151009996&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever</a> — Michael W. Kauffman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037550785X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=037550785X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies</a> — Doris Kearns Goodwin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684824906/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684824906&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</a> — Joshua Wolf Shenk, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618551166/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0618551166&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln's Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness</a> — John Channing Briggs, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801881064/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801881064&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered</a> — Ronald C. White, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400061199/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400061199&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words</a> — Harold Holzer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743224663/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743224663&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln President</a> — Michael Lind, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385507399/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385507399&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President</a> — Doris Kearns Goodwin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743270754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743270754&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</a> — Michael Burlingame, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809327384/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0809327384&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay</a> — Thomas J. Craughwell, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674024583/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674024583&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stealing Lincoln's Body</a> — Roy Morris, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060852097/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060852097&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America</a> — John Stauffer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446580090/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446580090&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln</a> — Karen Judson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766022773/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766022773&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Abraham Lincoln</a> (for young readers) — Maira Kalman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039924039X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=039924039X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Looking at Lincoln</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761526463/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0761526463&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore Vidal, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375708766/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375708766&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lincoln: A Novel</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) — also known as Mary Ann Todd — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/12-13.html">December 13, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1861-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-16.html">July 16, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Ann (Parker) Todd; half-sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#563.34.51">Emily Todd Helm</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-04.html">November 4, 1842</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#608.41.50">Robert Todd Lincoln</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#329.83.69">Martha Dee Todd</a>; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#384.82.11">David Rittenhouse Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#541.67.99">George Bryan Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#516.00.84">James Madison Porter</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#801.67.49">Arthur Rumney Ringwalt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary Todd Lincoln">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1341">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34103">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ill.; Edwardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/03-17.html">March 17, 1775</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1796-97; state court judge in Kentucky, 1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spju.html">justice of Kentucky state supreme court</a>, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Illinois Territory</a>, 1809-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1818-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1826-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-20.html">July 20, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 125 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-buried.html#cms04995">somewhere</a> in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak Ridge Cemetery; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-buried.html#cms07908">Ninian Edwards Plaza</a>, Edwardsville, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret (Beall) Edwards and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#768.35.15">Benjamin Edwards</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-20.html">February 20, 1803</a>, to Elvira Lane; father of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook2.html#284.94.63">Daniel Pope Cook</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; uncle of Lucy Amanda Gray (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#440.37.08">Finis Ewing McLean</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#551.56.29">Richard Lee Metcalfe</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW.html">Edwards County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-names.html">Edwardsville, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403770">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ninian-edwards/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian Edwards">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514156647/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/098/38.64.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Shelby M. Cullom"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) — also known as Shelby M. Cullom — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/11-22.html">November 22, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives</a>, 1861, 1873; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 8th District, 1865-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1877-83; resigned 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/IL.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/IL.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-28.html">January 28, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey) Cullom; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-12.html">December 12, 1855</a>, to Hannah M. Fisher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-05.html">May 5, 1863</a>, to Julia Fisher; father of Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#305.30.05">Alvin Cullom</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#808.04.03">William Cullom</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0473.html">Cullom family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">village</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LI-names.html">Cullom, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000973">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403084">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/shelby-moore-cullom/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby Moore Cullom">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/405/000206784">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known as William H. Bissell — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Hartwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/04-25.html">April 25, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1840; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8th District 1853-55); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1857-60; died in office 1860. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/03-18.html">March 18, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Luther Bissell and Hannah Bissell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Emily James; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Elizabeth Kane (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#999.86.93">Elias Kent Kane</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000492">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401472">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-bissell/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known as William L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-31.html">August 31, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1833-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1835-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/aud.html">Illinois state auditor of public accounts</a>, 1843-46; died in office 1846. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-25.html">March 25, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 206 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Hutchinson Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Finis Ewing and Margaret Brevard (Davidson) Ewing; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#417.02.82">Ephraim Brevard Ewing</a>; married to Caroline S. Berry; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#323.11.15">Ewing Cockrell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10326.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000283">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403961">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-lee-davidson-ewing/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Lee D. Ewing">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6624028">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Barret Ridgely (1853-1920) — also known as William B. Ridgely — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/07-19.html">July 19, 1853</a>. Republican. Vice-president, Springfield <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1897-99; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1901-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-30.html">April 30, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Ridgely and Jane Maria (Barret) Ridgely; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-24.html">October 24, 1882</a>, to Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#098.38.64">Shelby Moore Cullom</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-30.html">December 30, 1905</a>, to Kate Deering; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#799.07.65">Redick McKee Ridgely</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#298.72.68">Edwin Reed Ridgely</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#450.06.62">Austin Eugene Lathrop</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hull.html#798.18.54">Helen Huntington Hull</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#604.45.00">Hilliard Samuel Ridgely</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Barret Ridgely">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37587822">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/previous-comptrollers/bio-11-william-ridgely.html">Comptrollers of the Currency</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Riley Tanner (1844-1901) — also known as John R. Tanner — of Illinois. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WR-born.html">Warrick County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/04-04.html">April 4, 1844</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1881; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1887-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1897-1901. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-23.html">May 23, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-riley-tanner/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Jayne (1826-1916) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/10-08.html">October 8, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1859-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Dakota Territory</a>, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory</a>, 1863-64; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/IL.html">1884</a>. Died, of apoplexy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-20.html">March 20, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405971">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) — also known as William J. Allen — of Metropolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MX-lived.html">Massac County</a>, Ill.; Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill.; Cairo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AL-lived.html">Alexander County</a>, Ill.; Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/06-09.html">June 9, 1829</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois</a>, 1855-59; circuit judge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IL.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IL.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IL.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/IL.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IL.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> Williamson and Johnson counties, 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13th District 1863-65); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1869-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois</a>, 1887-1901; died in office 1901. Died, of "grippe" (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>), in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-26.html">January 26, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#632.16.89">Willis Allen</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000152">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400807">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=29&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Carroll Robinson (1823-1886) — also known as James C. Robinson — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ill. Born near Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ED-born.html">Edgar County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-19.html">August 19, 1823</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1859-65, 1871-75 (7th District 1859-63, 11th District 1863-65, 8th District 1871-73, 12th District 1873-75); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1864. Died, of "congestion of the brain" (presumably a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>), in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/11-03.html">November 3, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409307">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William McKendree Springer (1836-1903) — also known as William M. Springer — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/05-30.html">May 30, 1836</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1860-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1871-72; defeated, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1875-95 (12th District 1875-83, 13th District 1883-95); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Indian Territory</a>, 1895-99. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-04.html">December 4, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Thomas Burchard Springer and Catherine (Sandusky) Springer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/12-15.html">December 15, 1859</a>, to Rebecca Ruter; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spriggs-springweiler.html#712.48.83">Durand William Springer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000757">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410224">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Loren Edgar Wheeler (1862-1932) — also known as Loren E. Wheeler — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Havana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-07.html">October 7, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1897-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/IL.html">1900</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1901-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 21st District, 1915-23, 1925-27; defeated, 1922, 1926. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pernicious-anemia.html">pernicious anemia</a>, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-08.html">January 8, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000339">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411501">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) — also known as James A. Connolly — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/03-08.html">March 8, 1843</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1873-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois</a>, 1876-85, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 17th District, 1895-99; defeated, 1886. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-15.html">December 15, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 282 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Connolly and Margaret (Maguire) Connolly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/02-09.html">February 9, 1862</a>, to Mary Dunn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000697">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402822">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/10-16.html">October 16, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/attygn.html">Illinois state attorney general</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1827. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-died.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-16.html">October 16, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">33 years, 0 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Hutchinson Cemetery</a>; reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook6.html#896.15.71">Nathaniel Cook</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#862.48.49">John Dillard Cook (1789-1852)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/05-06.html">May 6, 1821</a>, to Julia Catherine Edwards (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#072.80.69">Ninian Edwards</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO.html">Cook County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000716">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402839">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ben Franklin Caldwell (1848-1924) — of Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born near Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/08-02.html">August 2, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1882-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1890-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1899-1905, 1907-09 (17th District 1899-1903, 21st District 1903-05, 1907-09); defeated, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">miocarditis</a>, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-29.html">December 29, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Caldwell and Mary J. Caldwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-27.html">May 27, 1873</a>, to Julia F. Cloyd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000029">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402190">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) — also known as John A. McClernand — of Shawneetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BC-born.html">Breckinridge County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/05-30.html">May 30, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois state legislature, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District 1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IL.html">1876</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/officers.html">Convention President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IL.html">1880</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 years</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000337">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407346">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about John A. McClernand: Richard L. Kiper, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873386361/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0873386361&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Major General John Alexander McClernand : Politician in Uniform</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) — also known as John T. Stuart — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born near Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/11-10.html">November 10, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1839-43, 1863-65 (3rd District 1839-43, 8th District 1863-65); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 12th District, 1849-50. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-23.html">November 23, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001035">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410491">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Hubbel Treat (d. 1887) — also known as Samuel H. Treat — of Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1841-55. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-27.html">March 27, 1887</a>. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) — also known as Anthony L. Knapp — of Jerseyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JR-lived.html">Jersey County</a>, Ill. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/06-14.html">June 14, 1828</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10th District 1863-65). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-24.html">May 24, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 344 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms03708">Springfield Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knapp.html#214.52.59">Robert McCarty Knapp</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000276">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406433">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) — also known as William A. Northcott — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BN-lived.html">Bond County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-28.html">January 28, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BN-officials.html">Bond County State's Attorney</a>, 1882-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois</a>, 1905-14; president, Inter-Ocean <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Casualty</a> Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-25.html">January 25, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#217.76.76">Nathaniel S. Dresser</a>; son of Robert Saunders Northcott and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norrish-northway.html#326.50.36">Elliott Northcott</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-11.html">September 11, 1882</a>, to Ada R. Stoutzenberg.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12689.html">Northcott family</a> of Illinois.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Stoddard Dickson (1876-1953) — also known as Frank S. Dickson — of Ramsey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ill. Born in Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-06.html">October 6, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 23rd District, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Illinois</a>, 1910-22; appointed 1910. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/02-24.html">February 24, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000329">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403447">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-1889) — also known as Ninian W. Edwards — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/04-15.html">April 15, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/attygn.html">Illinois state attorney general</a>, 1834-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-41, 1849-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Sangamon County, 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1854-57. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-02.html">September 2, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#072.80.69">Ninian Edwards</a> and Elvira (Lane) Edwards; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-18.html">February 18, 1832</a>, to Elizabeth Parker Todd (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>; half-sister-in-law <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawson.html#705.45.25">Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson</a>; half-sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#771.98.85">Benjamin Hardin Helm</a>; half-sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#563.34.51">Emilie Pariet Todd</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#768.35.15">Benjamin Edwards</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#551.56.29">Richard Lee Metcalfe</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Pope Cook (1825-1910) — also known as John P. Cook — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill.; Ransom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-lived.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/06-12.html">June 12, 1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-officials.html">Sangamon County Sheriff</a>, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Ransom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-died.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-12.html">October 12, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook2.html#284.94.63">Daniel Pope Cook</a> and Julia Catherine (Edwards) Cook; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/10-20.html">October 20, 1847</a>, to Susan A. Lamb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-16.html">September 16, 1889</a>, to Mary Eliza Baker; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook6.html#896.15.71">Nathaniel Cook</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#862.48.49">John Dillard Cook</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#072.80.69">Ninian Edwards</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#768.35.15">Benjamin Edwards</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#551.56.29">Richard Lee Metcalfe</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20663">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isham N. Haynie (c.1822-1866) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AL-lived.html">Alexander County</a>, Ill. Born about 1822. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1850; common pleas court judge in Illinois, 1857; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 9th District, 1862; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Illinois</a>, 1865-66; appointed 1865; died in office 1866. Was present in Peterson's Boarding House when <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a> died. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-21.html">May 21, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">about 44 years</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ozias Mather Hatch (1814-1893) — also known as Ozias M. Hatch — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/index.html">1814</a>. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1857-65. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/index.html">1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Erastus Newton Bates (1828-1898) — also known as Erastus N. Bates — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Centralia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/02-29.html">February 29, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention</a> 11th District, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 4th District, 1857-58; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1866-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1869-73. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-29.html">May 29, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: First cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#581.48.20">Erastus N. Bates</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5993479">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11171">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) — also known as Stephen T. Logan — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-lived.html">Barren County</a>, Ky.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/02-24.html">February 24, 1800</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-officials.html">Barren County Commonwealth Attorney</a>, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois, 1835-40; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>, 1841-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1843-47, 1855-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Sangamon County, 1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IL.html">1860</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/07-24.html">July 24, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Logan and Mary (Trigg) Logan; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#307.43.03">Stephen Trigg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11094.html">Trigg family</a> of Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO.html">Logan County, Ill.</a> may have been named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Butler — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1859-63. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Earle Benjamin Searcy (b. 1887) — also known as Earl B. Searcy — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Palmyra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-born.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/05-14.html">May 14, 1887</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 45th District, 1921-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 45th District, 1923-45; clerk of the Illinois supreme court; elected 1944. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>. One of the founding members of the American Legion. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#302.50.25">James Buchanan Searcy</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David L. Phillips (1823-1880) — of Anna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/10-28.html">October 28, 1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IL.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper managing editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1877-80. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-19.html">June 19, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Charlotte Tate.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20674">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stuart Mason Allen (1902-1943) — also known as Stuart Allen — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-13.html">December 13, 1902</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Tientsin</a>, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Chefoo</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-consuls.html ">Vancouver</a>, 1942-43, died in office 1943. Died in Vancouver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-died.html">British Columbia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/07-05.html">July 5, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-13.html">April 13, 1935</a>, to Bess Meredith Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81993643">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Redick McKee Ridgely (1830-1914) — also known as Redick M. Ridgely — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/03-29.html">March 29, 1830</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1894-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IL.html">1908</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-23.html">June 23, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nicholas Henry Ridgely and Jane Olivia (Vincent) Ridgely; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-01.html">July 1, 1850</a>, to Margaret Aitken; married to Maria Foster; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#298.72.68">Edwin Reed Ridgely</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#604.45.00">Hilliard Samuel Ridgely</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31542086">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Vincent Y. Dallman — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IL.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 8th Illinois District, 1941-51. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William M. Vicars (1906-1959) — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LI-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Ill. Born in Braidwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-born.html">Will County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-20.html">October 20, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1935-45; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/aud.html">Illinois state auditor of public accounts</a>, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/02-14.html">February 14, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin (1828-1923) — also known as Bushrod E. Hoppin — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/09-02.html">September 2, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County 1st District, 1867. Died in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-20.html">April 20, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Curtis Hoppin and Mary (Buck) Hoppin; married to Mary Parmenter; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#024.71.41">Robert Treat</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#000.59.60">Samuel DeWitt Maltby</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#538.47.53">Benjamin Josiah Maltby</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#875.21.09">Claude Carpenter Pinney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0364.html">Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40213760">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Bunn Jr. (1864-1926) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-21.html">October 21, 1864</a>. Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watch <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturers</a>); president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president, Springfield Marine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IL.html">1924</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">cirrhosis of the liver</a>, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/05-10.html">May 10, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob Bunn and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Bunn; married to Mildred Jeffress.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Converse Staley (1899-1978) — also known as W. Converse Staley — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-28.html">September 28, 1899</a>. Republican. President, Baker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Company, makers of heavy equipment; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IL.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/04-27.html">April 27, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward E. Staley and Elsie (Converse) Staley; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Jennie Barnes; married to Ann Zgaga.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34163716">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04794">Old Hutchinson Cemetery</a> Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Milton Carpenter (1808-1848) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HM-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ill. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/index.html">1808</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1834-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1841-48; died in office 1848. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/08-13.html">August 13, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">about 40 years</a>). Interment at Old Hutchinson Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03708">Springfield Cemetery</a> Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) — also known as Anthony L. Knapp — of Jerseyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JR-lived.html">Jersey County</a>, Ill. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/06-14.html">June 14, 1828</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10th District 1863-65). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-24.html">May 24, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 344 days</a>). 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