Illinois, Historical and Statistical Volume 1; Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State

Illinois, Historical and Statistical Volume 1; Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State.cJohn Moses

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ..."and may that almighty Being from whose goodness and bounty all the blessings we enjoy have emanated, be present in your councils, and bless the measures of your adoption." After the delivery of the governor's inaugural the general assembly at once proceeded to elect two United-States senators, and the remaining State-officers, and judges of the supreme court, the latter to serve also as circuit-judges. The two senators elected were: Ninian Edwards on the first ballot, receiving thirty-two votes, and Judge Jesse Burgess Thomas on the third ballot, receiving twenty-one votes, to eighteen for Leonard White and one for Michael Jones; John Thomas was elected State-treasurer; Elijah C. Berry, auditor of public accounts; Daniel P. Cook, attorney-general; Joseph Phillips, chief-justice of the supreme court; and Thomas C. Browne, William P. Foster, and John Reynolds, associate-justices. Elias Kent Kane, having been appointed by the governor, was confirmed as secretary of state; and the firm of Blackwell & Berry was elected public printers. Jesse B. Thomas, one of the senators elect, had been a prominent figure in Illinois from the time of its territorial organization. He was born in Hagerstown, Md., in 1777, and claimed direct lineage from Lord Baltimore. He located in Lawrenceburgh in 1803, and in 1805 was elected to the Indiana territorial legislature, of which he was chosen speaker. Having been elected to congress on the issue of a division of Indiana Territory, as heretofore related, upon the organization of the territory of Illinois he removed to Kaskaskia. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention, over which he presided. He was finely proportioned physically, being in stature fully six feet, with a florid-brown complexion, darkhazel ey...

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