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Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. After the war he came to Chicago and secured employment in a railway surveyor's office, later acting as foreman of the Northwestern freight depot, and finally embarking in the coal business, which was conducted with such success that he became the owner of some of the most valuable mining properties in the country. Meanwhile he has taken a deep interest in the welfare of miners and other classes of laborers, and has
sought to promote arbitration and conciliation between employers and employed, as a means of averting disastrous strikes. He was especially active during the long strike of 1897, in efforts to bring about an understanding between the miners and the operators. For several years he held a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Illinois National Guard until compelled, by the demands of his private business, to tender his resignation.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
The following table presents the names, residence, Districts represented, politics (except as to earlier ones), and length of term or terms of service of Illinois Representatives in the lower House of Congress, from the organization of Illinois as a Territory down to the present time; (1), Democrat; W, Whig; K, Kepublican; G-B, Greenback; P, Populist).
NAME. RESIDENCE. DTST. TERM. REMARKS.
Kaskaskia
Edwardsville 1K12-14 Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys. Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys.
Tnrritor., 1814-1(1 .
Kaskaskia Tfirritor., Ifilfi-lS
State
State 1818-19
1819-27 Elected U. S. Senator, 1824 and '29.
Jackson* Morgan Cos State 1827-33
Third 1833-34 Elected Governor; resigned. To succeed Duncan. Died; term completed by Reynolds. One and one-half terms.
William L. May,!) Third
First
First
First 1834-39
1833-34 ,
1834-37
1839-43
1833-43
Belleville First 1837-39
John T Stuart W Third 1839-43
John T Stuart O P Eighth 1803-65
Alton 1843-49
John A . McClernand, D . . . John A. McClernaiid, D ., . Orlando B. Ficklin, D . 1843-51
Slxtn
Third 1859-62
1843-49 . . Resigned, Dec., '61 ; succeeded by A. L. Knapp.
Orlando B. Ficklin, D ., Third 1851-53
