Fifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938
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Fifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938
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Fifer, Joseph.
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Fifer, Joseph W.
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Fifer, Joseph W., 1840-1938.
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Fifer, Private Joe, 1840-1938
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Fifer, J. W. 1840-1938
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Fifer, J. W. 1840-1938 (Joseph Wilson),
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Civil War soldier, lawyer, state legislator, nineteenth governor of Illinois (1889-1893), and member of Interstate Commerce Commission (1899-1906).
Nineteenth governor of Illinois, 1889-1893, who had served in the 33rd Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, as Bloomington's city attorney, state's attorney and Illinois state senator. Was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt serving 1899-1906. Was a delegate to the 1920 Illinois Constitutional Convention. Father of Florence Fifer Bohrer, the first woman elected to the state senate.
Civil War soldier, state legislator, nineteenth governor of Illinois (1889-1893), and member of Interstate Commerce Commission (1899-1906).
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