Shelby Moore Cullom was a U.S. political figure,serving in various offices,including the United States House of Representatives,the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Frank Orren Lowden was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. He was also a candidate for the Republican presidential nominations in 1920 and 1928.
The 1860 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met May 16–18 in Chicago,Illinois. It was held to nominate the Republican Party's candidates for president and vice president in the 1860 election. The convention selected former representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president.
The Pineapple Primary was the name given to the primary election held in Illinois on April 10,1928. The campaign was marked by numerous acts of violence,mostly in Chicago and elsewhere in Cook County. In the six months prior to the primary election,62 bombings took place in the city,and at least two politicians were killed. The term "Pineapple Primary" originates with the contemporary slang term "pineapple" to describe a hand grenade.
The 1928 Republican National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Kansas City,Missouri,from June 12 to June 15,1928.
John Marshall Hamilton was the 18th Governor of Illinois,serving from 1883 to 1885. Born in Union County,Ohio,Hamilton became interested in politics at a young age,joining the Wide Awakes when he was thirteen and the Union Army four years later. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University he studied law and was admitted to the bar. A notable attorney in Bloomington,Illinois,Hamilton was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1876. He served there until 1881,when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on a ticket with Shelby Moore Cullom. When Cullom resigned after election to the United States Senate,Hamilton became Governor of Illinois. He was not selected as a candidate for re-election,but did serve that year as a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention. He spent the rest of his life as an attorney in Chicago,where he died in 1905.
Charles Samuel Deneen was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Illinois,from 1905 to 1913. He was the first Illinois governor to serve two consecutive terms totalling eight years. He was governor during the infamous Springfield race riot of 1908,which he helped put down. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois,from 1925 to 1931. Deneen had previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894. As an attorney,he had been the lead prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert murder trial.
Lawrence Yates Sherman was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator,the 28th Lieutenant Governor,and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
The 2000 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7,2000,and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Two United States Senate elections were held in Illinois on March 26,1913. The two elections were interconnected through a compromise made to elect a Democrat in the regular election and a Republican in the special election.
The 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 4,1930.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 4,1986.
The 1904 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1904.
The 1908 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1908.
The 1912 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1912. Incumbent second-term Republican governor Charles S. Deneen was defeated by Democratic nominee,former mayor of Chicago Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne.
The 1876 Illinois gubernatorial election was the sixteenth election for this office. Representative Shelby Moore Cullom narrowly defeated businessman Lewis Steward for the Governorship of Illinois. This was the narrowest victory for a Republican Governor since 1856,when William H. Bissell narrowly won the office in a plurality. Cullom's victory was the sixth consecutive victory for the Republican Party. Cullom also slightly overperformed Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes in the concurrent Presidential election.
The 1900 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1900.
The 1880 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1880.
The 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1888.
Cicero Jefferson Lindly (1857―1926) was an American politician and judge who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
