Category: Illinois

Representative | Democrat | DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Brandon, Rutland County, Vt., April 23, 1813; educated in the common schools and completed preparatory studies in Brandon Academy; learned the cabinetmaker’s trade; moved to a farm near Clifton Springs, N.Y.; entered Canandaigua Academy in 1832 and studied law;… Continue reading Stephen Douglas

David’s comment: This man was a United States Senator from three different states. That is amazing. He was also the auditor of Illinois, among other positions, which gives him a spot to be on this list.Auditor / Comptroller | Democrat | SHIELDS, JAMES, (nephew of James Shields [1762-1831]), a Senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri;… Continue reading James Shields

Treasurer | Democrat | Pat Quinn on Wikipedia Pat Quinn on OurCampaigns.com

Secretary of State | Republican | TRUMBULL, Lyman, a Senator from Illinois; born in Colchester, Conn., October 12, 1813; attended Bacon Academy; taught school in Connecticut 1829-1833; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville, Ga.; moved to Belleville, Ill., 1837; member, State house of representatives 1840-1841; secretary of State of Illinois… Continue reading Lyman Trumbull

Attorney General | Democrat | BURRIS, Roland, a Senator from Illinois; born in Centralia, Ill., August 3, 1937; B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., 1959; J.D., Howard University, 1963; national bank examiner for comptroller of the currency, U.S. Treasury Department 1963-1964; bank executive; director, Illinois State Department of General Services 1973-1976; Illinois State comptroller 1978-1990,… Continue reading Roland Burris

Representative | Republican | MANN, James Robert, a Representative from Illinois; born near Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., on October 20, 1856; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1876 and from the Union College of Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1881; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and… Continue reading James Mann

Representative | Republican | YATES, Richard, (father of Richard Yates), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky., January 18, 1815; attended the common schools; moved to Illinois in 1831; graduated from Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill, in 1835; studied law at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; admitted to the bar in… Continue reading Richard Yates, Sr.

Representative | Republican | ARENDS, Leslie Cornelius, a Representative from Illinois; born in Melvin, Ford County, Ill., September 27, 1895; attended public and high schools and Oberlin (Ohio) College; during the First World War served in the United States Navy in 1918 and 1919; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; in 1935 became member of… Continue reading Leslie Arends

Representative | Democrat | STEVENSON, Adlai Ewing, (great-grandfather of Adlai Ewing Stevenson, III), a Representative from Illinois and a Vice President of the United States; born in Christian County, Ky., October 23, 1835; moved with his parents to Bloomington, Ill., in 1852; attended Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington and Centre College, Danville, Ky., studied law;… Continue reading Adlai Stevenson

Representative | Republican | RUMSFELD, Donald Henry, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1932; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1954; received a commission in the United States Navy and served as a naval aviator and flight instructor, 1954-1957; administrative assistant to United States Representative David Dennison of Ohio, 1957-… Continue reading Donald Rumsfeld