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4th Illinois General Assembly
The 4th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from November 15, 1824, to January 18, 1825, and again from January 2, 1826, to January 18, 1826, at The Vandalia State House. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the provisions of the First Illinois Constitution. Political parties were not established in the State at the time. The 4th General Assembly was preceded by the 3rd Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 5th Illinois General Assembly. Members This list is arranged by chamber, then by county. Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts. Senate Bond County * Francis Kirkpatrick Crawford County * Daniel Parker Edwards County * Stephen Bliss Gallatin County * Michael Jones Greene County * Thomas Carlin (elected in special election December 13, 1824) Hamilton Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphus Hubbard
Adolphus Frederick Hubbard (ca. 1785 – 27 August 1832) was an American politician. Between 1822 and 1826 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Life Adolphus Hubbard was born in Warren County in Kentucky. At the time of his birth this area still belonged to Virginia. In his early years he moved to Shawneetown in the Illinois Territory, which became the state of Illinois in 1818. He studied law and practiced as a lawyer. Hubbard joined the Democratic-Republican Party and became a member of the constitutional convention. In 1820 he was a Presidential Elector for James Madison. In 1822 Hubbard was elected to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He served in this position between 5 December 1822 and 6 December 1826 when his term ended. In this function he was the deputy of Governor Edward Coles Edward Coles (December 15, 1786 – July 7, 1868) was an American planter and politician, elected as the second Governor of Illinois (1822 to 1826). From an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jones (Illinois Politician)
Michael or Mike Jones may refer to: Entertainment * Michael Jones (Canadian musician) (1942–2022), new-age pianist *Michael Jones (film director) (1944–2018), Canadian screenwriter * Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician) (born 1952) *Michael Spencer Jones (born 1961), British art photographer and music video director * Mike Jones (jazz musician) (born 1962), performs with Penn and Teller * Mike Jones (screenwriter) (born 1971), American screenwriter and journalist * Mike Jones (rapper) (born 1981), American rapper * Michael Jones (actor) (born 1987), American voice actor *Michael Jones (1959–2016), birth name of American musician Kashif *Michael Jones (born 1980), birth name of American rapper Wax Sports American football *Mike Jones (wide receiver, born 1960), American football player * Mike Jones (tight end) (born 1966), American football tight end *Mike Jones (defensive lineman) (born 1969), American football player * Mike Jones (linebacker) (born 1969), American footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph A
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County, Illinois
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. Monroe County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known historically as " Little Egypt". History Indigenous peoples lived along the Mississippi River and related waterways for thousands of years before European contact. French Jesuit priests in the Illinois Country encountered the Kaskaskia and Cahokia, bands of the Illiniwek confederacy. The first European settlement in this area was St. Philippe, founded in 1723 by Philippe François Renault, a French courtier, on his concession about three miles north of Fort de Chartres along the Mississippi River. This early agricultural community quickly produced a surplus, and grains were sold to the lower Louisiana colony for years. They were integral to that community's survival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Conway (Illinois Politician)
Joe Conway (December 3, 1898 – November 9, 1945) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1937 to 1944. Education and career Conway, the son of Catherine Ward (1880–1939) and Mr. Conway, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1898, but grew up in Winkelman, Arizona. After graduating from high school, he went to Arizona State College in Tempe, Arizona, where he graduated in 1918. During his studies he was editor of the yearbook and head of the school newspaper. He received awards in basketball and baseball. He was also president of the student bodyand a club. After graduating college he joined the armed forces. He then went to the University of Arizona, studied law, and graduated in 1924. While in law school, Conway worked in the inning industry and for the newspapers in Tucson. He then worked for the ''Miami Evening Bulletin'' in Miami and then began practicing as a lawyer in the mining community in 1924. In 1928 he moved to Phoenix, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophilus W
Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name '' Amadeus'' which originates from Latin, Gottlieb in German and Bogomil in Slavic. Theophilus may refer to: People Arts * Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber * Theophilus Clarke (1776?–1831), English painter * Theophilos Hatzimihail (ca. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos * Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, and author of the best-known medieval "how-to" guide to several arts, including oil painting — thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen Historical * Theophilos (emperor) (800 to 805–842), Byzantine Emperor (reigned 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty * Theophilus (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison County, Illinois
Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the southern portion of the state. The county seat is Edwardsville, and the largest city is Granite City. Madison County is part of the Metro-East region of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The pre-Columbian city of Cahokia Mounds, a World Heritage Site, was located near Collinsville. Edwardsville is home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. To the north, Alton is known for its abolitionist and American Civil War-era history. It is also the home of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine. Godfrey, the village named for Captain Benjamin Godfrey, offers Lewis and Clark Community College formerly the Monticello Female Seminary. History Madison County was established on Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ewing (Illinois Politician)
John Ewing may refer to: People * John Ewing (pastor) (1732–1802), Presbyterian pastor and university president * John Ewing (baseball) (1863–1895), professional baseball player * John Ewing (Indiana politician) (1789–1858), U.S. Representative from Indiana * John Ewing (diplomat) (1857–1923), U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1913–1918 * John Ewing (Australian politician) (1863–1933), Australian politician, member of the WA Legislative Assembly * John D. Ewing (1892–1952), Louisiana journalist; editor, publisher of ''Shreveport Times'', ''Monroe New-Star-World'' * John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate * John Hoge Ewing (1796–1887), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. * John Ewing (Nebraska politician), treasurer of Douglas County, Nebraska * John Ewing (goldminer) (1844–1922), New Zealand goldminer * John C. Ewing (1843–1918), American soldier * John T. Ewing (1856–1926), American educator, university administrato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson County, Illinois
Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 12,582. Its county seat is Vienna. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt". History Johnson County was organized in 1812 out of Randolph County. It was named for Richard Mentor Johnson, who was then a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky. In 1813, Johnson commanded a Kentucky regiment at the Battle of the Thames, after which he claimed to have killed Tecumseh in hand-to-hand combat. Johnson went on to become Vice President of the United States. File:Johnson County Illinois 1812.png, Johnson County at the time of its creation to 1816 File:Johnson County Illinois 1816.png, Johnson County between 1816 and 1818 File:Johnson County Illinois 1818.png, Johnson County between 1818 and 1843 File:Johnson County Illinois 1843.png, Johnson County in 1843, when it was reduced to its present size Geography According to the U.S. Census Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Duncan (politician)
Joseph Duncan (February 22, 1794January 15, 1844) was an Illinois politician. He served as the sixth Governor of Illinois from 1834 to 1838, the only Whig to ever govern the state. Before becoming governor he served four terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. Early and family life Duncan was born in Paris, Kentucky. He served in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War as a soldier. Career Duncan moved to Illinois in the year of its statehood, 1818, settling in Brownsville in Jackson County. Here, he was a member of the Masonic fraternity at Hiram Lodge No. 8. Duncan moved to Jacksonville in 1830. Before becoming governor, he had a notable political career. Duncan first won election as a delegate in the Illinois House of Representatives, serving from 1825 to 1829. Voters then elected him to represent Illinois's at-large congressional district in Congress in 1826, as he defeated abolitionist and multi-term Congressman Daniel Pope Cook. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The county was incorporated on January 10, 1816, and named for Andrew Jackson. The community of Brownsville served as the fledgling county's first seat. Jackson County is included in the Carbondale- Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt". History Human occupation of Jackson County began about 11,500 years ago. Extensive documentation of the area's indigenous peoples is ongoing. Exploration from the European explorers began with the Joliet- Marquette exploration along the Mississippi River. It was not until the 18th and 19th century when pioneer farmers began to settle in the area's inexpensive land along the Mississippi River and in the forested Shaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sloo, Jr
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
