Louis Lincoln Emmerson correspondence, 1929-1933.

Illinois Emergency Relief Commission

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Established in 1932 to provide relief to the many people throughout Illinois suffering from effects of the depression. In 1941 was changed to the Illinois Public Aid Commission. The state allocated funds for relief and was later assisted by the federal government. The commission originally consisted of seven men who chose agencies to assist with the relief effort under strict control of the commission. Over the years it grew and changed and in 1963 it became the Illinois Department of Public Aid...

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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Illinois. Governor (1929-1933 : Emmerson)

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Louis Lincoln Emmerson, (1863-1941), Republican Governor of Illinois (1929-1933), was born on Dec. 27, 1863 at Albion, Ill. Emmerson's formal education ended with high school graduation, he married Anna Mathews (1887) and moved to Mount Vernon to take a job as a furniture store clerk. Eventually he became a partner in the furniture store and founded the Boston Store. Emmerson served as an alderman, school board president and helped organize the Third National Bank, serving as bank Treasurer and ...

Spanish American War Veterans Fund.

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Illinois Central Railroad Company

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Illinois. Office of the State Treasurer

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The Illinois Treasurer's office was established in 1812, and when Illinois became a state, the 1818 Constitution required the General Assembly to appoint a new Treasurer biennially. With the adoption of the 1848 Constitution, the Treasurer became an elective office. The Treasurer still served a two year term and the 1870 Constitution prohibited the incubement from suceeding himself. A 1959 constitutional amendment increased the term to four years and with the ratification of the 197...

Illinois. Auditor's Office

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In 1865 counties and cities were authorized to issue bonds in support of subscriptions to the capital stock of railroad companies or in aid of any public improvement (L. 1865, p. 44). In 1877 bonding authority also was extended to other local governmental units including towns, townships, school districts, and other municipal corporations (L. 1877, p. 158). Each bond issued by a local unit had to be registered with the Auditor. When the bonds for any one unit totaled $5,000 or more the Auditor w...

Rush Medical College

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Rush Medical College was one of the first medical schools founded west of Ohio. It was named by its founder, Dr. Daniel Brainard, in honor of Benjamin Rush, M.D., the physician-statesman who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the nineteenth century, Rush grew quickly, paralleling Chicago's rapid growth as a major urban center. In the manner of most medical schools in the 1800's, Rush was a proprietary institution owned and operated by a group of phys...

Emmerson, Louis L. (Louis Lincoln), 1863-1941

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Mount Vernon, Illinois furniture dealer, bank president, and alderman; a Republican who served 3 terms as Illinois secretary of state (1917-1929) and 1 as governor (1929-1933). From the description of Papers, 1917-1932. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770086 Illinois secretary of state, 1917-1929, and governor, 1929-1933. From the description of Autograph, January 28, 1930. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Illinois. Office of the Governor

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The Board of Fund Commissioners was created by l. 1837, p. 121. Board contracted for and negotiated all loans authorized by General Assembly for internal improvements and signed and executed all bonds or stock certificates issued for such loans. Monies received from proceeds of loans were deposited at State Bank of Illinois and Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown. These deposits were used to pay drafts issued on Fund Commissioners by Board of Commissioners of Public Works for expenditur...

Illinois Public Aid Commission

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The seven-member Illinois Emergency Relief Commission (1932-1941) provided funds and supplies to destitute Illinois residents. The Illinois Public Aid Commission (1941-1943) assumed these duties; heard complaints against relief agencies; and developed work projects for relief recipients. Besides seven gubernatorial appointees, the commission included the Auditor of Public Accounts; State Treasurer; and the Department of Finance director . Illinois Public Aid Commission (...