Joseph M. Mason (born June 24, 1871) was an American politician who served as a Socialist member of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1]
Mason was born June 24, 1871 in Liverpool, England. He moved to Ottawa, Canada in 1887 and in 1894 he moved to Chicago. He was an iron moulder and served as the President of the Iron Moulder's Union. [2]
In the 1912 general election for the Illinois House of Representatives, four socialists were elected and three were seated. The other seated socialists were Christian M. Madsen and Seymour Stedman. [3] In 1914, Mason was reelected to a second and final term. [4]
Northlake is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,323 at the 2010 census. The city's moniker is "The City of Friendly People". The name "Northlake" comes from two streets, North Avenue and Lake Street, which intersect on the city's West border,
William Ernest Mason was a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. He is the father of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck.
Seymour "Stedy" Stedman was an American from Chicago who rose from shepherd and janitor to become a prominent civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America. He is best remembered as the 1920 vice-presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America, when he ran for office on a ticket headed by Eugene V. Debs.
Gregory S. Harris is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, having represented the state's 13th district since 2007. Harris announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2021.
Darwin Gale Schisler was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 19th congressional district and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 46th district and later the 48th district.
William Josiah MacDonald was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Gilbert Motier Woodward was an American lawyer and politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. He was also the 16th mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1886. During the American Civil War he served as a Union Army officer in the famed Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.
Aaron Burr Caswell (1807–1896) was an American frontiersman and the first white man to occupy any part of Mason County, Michigan. He became the county's first coroner, probate judge and surveyor; and constructed its first framed building that functioned as a home, courthouse and jail—it is also the only surviving landmark of Mason County's earliest history. Caswell was also the progenitor of a prominent Mason County family.
Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Winfield Romeo Gaylord was an American minister and Socialist politician from Milwaukee, who served two terms (1909–1912) as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the Milwaukee-based 6th Senate District. He was the Socialist Party nominee for United States House of Representatives in 1904, 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916, coming within about 400 votes of victory in both 1910 and 1914; and the 1906 nominee for Governor of Wisconsin.
William Aloysius Redmond (1908-1992) was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing portions of DuPage County from 1959 until his retirement in 1981. During the 79th, 80th and 81st general assemblies, he served as Speaker of the House.
William M. Smith was an American farmer and politician who served as the 24th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Republican, he held the position from 1871 until 1873.
Thomas J. Homer is an American politician from Illinois who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and later as a judge and the first Legislative Inspector General.
William Michael McKinley was an American lawyer and politician.
Marie Newman is an American politician and marketing consultant serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district since 2021. The district encompasses parts of southwestern Chicago as well as many of its nearby suburbs, such as Oak Lawn, Western Springs, and Lockport. Newman was elected to the United States House of Representatives as the Democratic nominee, after her narrow defeat of incumbent Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary election. She lost to Lipinski in the Democratic primary for the same seat in 2018.
The 1912 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Incumbent Republican governor Charles S. Deneen was defeated by Democratic nominee Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne.
The 1900 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
Illinois's 3rd House of Representatives district is a Representative district within the Illinois House of Representatives located in Cook County, Illinois. It has been represented by Democrat Eva-Dina Delgado since November 15, 2019. The district was previously represented by Democrat Luis Arroyo from 2007 to 2019.
The 1912 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor John G. Oglesby was defeated by Democratic nominee Barratt O'Hara.
James R. Reilly was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives.