Governor's office ledger, 1877-1888.

Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. Index Dept. Executive Section.

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The Executive Section of the Index Division has held unique responsibilities in the Secretary of State's office, which was required by the Constitution of 1818 to maintain official papers and registers of the acts of the Governor. A separate statutory appropriation for an executive clerk to perform these duties was first enacted in 1895. The Executive Section affixes the Great Seal of Illinois to official acts of the Governor (e.g., extradition writs petitions, requisitions, pardons, and citizen...

Illinois. Governor (1877-1883 : Cullom)

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Shelby Moore Cullom was born in Wayne Co., Ky. on Nov. 22, 1829. His family moved to Tazewell Co., Ill. in 1830. Cullom attended Rock River Seminary, teaching school part time to earn money to continue his studies. In 1853, he moved to Springfield to study law at the firm of Stuart & Edwards. Two years later, he was admitted to the bar and almost immediately was elected City Attorney of Springfield. In 1856, he was elected to the General Assembly and in 1860, he was chosen as Sp...

Illinois. Governor (1883-1885 : Hamilton)

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John Marshall Hamilton (1847-1905), Republican Governor of Illinois (1883-1885), was born in Union Co., Ohio on May 28, 1847. His family moved to a farm in Marshall Co., Ill. (1854). Hamilton enlisted in the 141st Illinois Volunteers, a hundred day regiment which saw service in 1864. After being mustered out, Hamilton enrolled at Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.; was admitted to the bar (1870); married Helen Williams (1871) and began practicing law. Hamilton was elected State Senator fro...

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 Governor's Mansion (Springfield, Ill.)

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Hamilton, John M., 1847-1905

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Illinois governor, 1883-1885. From the description of Letter: Chicago, [Ill.], to Chester A. Arthur, 1884 June 2. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32880685 From the description of Documents: Springfield, Ill., 1883-1884. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32880682 From the description of Document: Springfield, Ill., 1883 Apr. 6. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32880677 From the ...

Illinois. Office of Secretary of State

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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...

Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...

Illinois. Governor (1885-1889 : Oglesby)

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Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914

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Springfield (Sangamon Co.), Ill. republican politician. From the description of Papers, 1910. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38386302 U.S. senator and representative from and governor of Illinois. From the description of Shelby M. Cullom correspondence, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984527 Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883, and U.S. Senator, 1883-1913. From the description of Autograph. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Lib...