OVERVIEW:
BORN:
March 9, 1815
Cecil County, Maryland
DIED:
June 26, 1886 (age 71)
Bloomington, Illinois
EDUCATION:
Kenyon College (BA, 1832)
Yale University (LLB)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1854)
Republican (1854–1870)
Liberal Republican (1870–1872)
Independent (1872–1886)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1835:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Pekin, Illinois
1836:
Moved to Bloomington, Illinois
1844:
Illinois State Representative
1847:
Delegate to the Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1848-1862:
Judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois
1862-1877:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1877-1883:
U.S. Senator from Illinois
1881-1883:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
Lehrman Institute
Lehrman Intitute
Wikipedia
Correspondence (Illinois Wesleyan)
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