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Crowley">Joseph B. Crowley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">William B. McKinley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Illinois13 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 13th congressional district">13th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_McKendree_Springer" title="William McKendree Springer">William McKendree Springer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">Robert R. Hitt</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1842-04-23</span>)</span>April 23, 1842<br /><a href="/wiki/Farmer_City,_Illinois" title="Farmer City, Illinois">Farmer City, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 31, 1925<span style="display:none">(1925-03-31)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Illinois" title="Clinton, Illinois">Clinton, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vespasian Warner</b> (April 23, 1842 – March 31, 1925) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vespasian_Warner&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), <a href="/wiki/De_Witt_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="De Witt County, Illinois">De Witt County, Illinois</a>, Warner moved with his parents to <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Illinois" title="Clinton, Illinois">Clinton, Illinois</a>, in 1843. He attended public schools in Clinton, and <a href="/wiki/Lombard_College" title="Lombard College">Lombard College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg, Illinois</a>. He also studied law in Clinton. Enlisted as a <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">private</a> in Company E, <a href="/wiki/12th_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment_(3_Year)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)">12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry</a>, June 13, 1861. He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a> June 23, 1861, <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> February 4, 1862, <a href="/wiki/Captain_(OF-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (OF-2)">captain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commissary" title="Commissary">commissary</a> of subsistence February 10, 1865. He was <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevetted</a> major March 13, 1865, and was mustered out July 13, 1866. After his military service, he enrolled in the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">law department of Harvard University</a>, graduating in 1868. He returned to Illinois the same year to practice law in his hometown of Clinton, Illinois. His law partner was his father-in-law, Clifton H. Moore. </p><p>Warner was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">Fifty-fourth</a> and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905).<sup id="cite_ref-cd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (<a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">Fifty-fifth</a> through <a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">Fifty-eighth</a> Congresses). </p><p>In 1904, Warner ran for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a> as a Republican, but he failed to win his party's nomination. The Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Deneen" title="Charles S. Deneen">Charles S. Deneen</a> won the general election. After the election, President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> nominated Warner for the job of United States Commissioner of Pensions, heading an agency within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Interior" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Department of Interior">Department of the Interior</a> which was roughly equivalent to today's <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Veterans Affairs">Department of Veterans Affairs</a>. Warner served from March 4, 1905, until November 25, 1909. </p><p>He engaged in business in Clinton, Illinois, as a banker and realty owner and agent. He died in Clinton on March 31, 1925. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vespasian_Warner_Public_Library_District">Vespasian Warner Public Library District</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vespasian_Warner&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Vespasian Warner Public Library District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Warner's father-in-law, Clifton H. Moore, was an avid book collector. When Moore died in 1901, he left his collection of books to the city of Clinton, provided a proper library could be constructed to house it. In 1906, Warner donated $25,000 and a plot of land to the city for a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a>. 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Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Palmer_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John M. Palmer (politician)">J. Palmer</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._McGann" title="Lawrence E. McGann"><i>L. McGann</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Frank_Aldrich" title="J. Frank Aldrich">J. Aldrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Burrell" title="Orlando Burrell">O. Burrell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Connolly" title="James A. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Cooke" title="Edward D. Cooke">E. Cooke</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Finis_E._Downing" title="Finis E. Downing"><i>F. Downing</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_J._Murphy" title="Everett J. Murphy">E. Murphy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Remann" title="Frederick Remann"><i>F. Remann</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benson_Wood" title="Benson Wood">B. Wood</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Woodman" title="Charles W. Woodman">C. Woodman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._L._Hadley" title="William F. L. Hadley"><i>W. Hadley</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince"><i>G. Prince</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap"><i>H. Belknap</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_I._Rinaker" title="John I. Rinaker"><i>J. Rinaker</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">55th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Baker" title="Jehu Baker">J. Baker</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Connolly" title="James A. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Cooke" title="Edward D. Cooke">E. Cooke</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap">H. Belknap</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Hunter" title="Andrew J. Hunter">A. Hunter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Campbell_(Illinois_politician)" title="James R. Campbell (Illinois politician)">J. Campbell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Hinrichsen" title="William H. Hinrichsen">W. Hinrichsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Mills" title="Daniel W. Mills">D. Mills</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cusack_(politician)" title="Thomas Cusack (politician)">T. Cusack</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Thomas_Noonan" title="Edward Thomas Noonan">E. Noonan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Williams" title="William E. Williams">W. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/57th_United_States_Congress" title="57th United States Congress">57th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Feely" title="John J. Feely">J. Feely</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_J._Kern" title="Fred J. Kern">F. Kern</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Mahoney" title="William F. Mahoney">W. Mahoney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ross_Mickey" title="J. Ross Mickey">J. R. Mickey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Selby" title="Thomas J. Selby">T. Selby</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">58th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Lorimer_(politician)" title="William Lorimer (politician)">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Mahoney" title="William F. Mahoney">W. Mahoney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. 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