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ministers;
Unitarians,
1,225 members,
19
churches, 14 ministers; United Evangelical, 30,000 members, 129 churches, 108 ministers; United Brethren, 16,500 members, 275 churches, 260 ministers; United Presbyterians, 11,250 mem- bers, 203 churches, 199 ministers; Wesleyan Methodists, 1,100 members, 16 churches. 33 min- isters. (See various Churches under their proper names; also Roman Catholic Church.)
REND, William Patrick, soldier, capitalist, and coal-operator, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1840, brought to Lowell, Mass., in boyhood, and graduated from the high school there at 17; taught for a time near New York City and later in Maryland, where he began a course of classical study. The Civil War coming on, he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, serving most of the time as a non commissioned officer, and participating in the battles of the second Bull Run, Malvern Hill,
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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 earller 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; (D. Democrat; W, Whig; R, Republican; G-B, Greenback; P, Populist).
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Shadrach Bond.
Kaskaskia
Territory
1812-14.
Made Rec'r of Puh. Moneys.
Benjamin Stephenson.
Edwardsville
Territory
1814-16
Made Rec'r of Puh. Moneys.
Nathaniel Pope.
Kaskaskia
Territory
1816-18
John McLean.
Shawneetown
State
1818-19
Elected U. S. Senator, 1824 and *29.
Daniel P. Cook.
Kaskaskia
State
1819-27
Joseph Duncan
Jackson& Morgan Cos State
1827-33
Joseph Duncan ..
Jacksonville
Third.
1833-34
Elected Governor; resigned.
William L. May, D.
Springfield.
Third
1834-39
To succeed Duncan.
Charles Slade.
Belleville
First
1833-34.
Died; term completed hy Reynolds.
John Reynolds, D.
Belleville
First.
1834-37
One and one-half terms.
John Reynolds, D.
Belleville
First.
1839-43
Zadoc Casey, D ...
Mt. Vernon
Second
1833-43
Adam W. Snyder, D.
Belleville
First.
1837-39.
John T. Stuart, W
Springfield
Third
1839-43
John T. Stuart, O.P.
Springfield
Eighth
1863-65
Robert Smith, D
Alton
First.
1843-49
John A. McClernand, D
Shawneetown.
Second
1843-51.
John A. McClernand, D
Springfield
Sixth ..
1859-62
Orlando B. Ficklin, D.
Charlestonl
Third.
1843-49
Orlando B. Ficklin, D.
Charleston
Third
1851-53
John Wentworth, D.
Chicago.
Fourtli
1843-51
John Wentworth, D.
Chicago
Second.
1853-55
1865-67
El'd U.S. Sen,,Apr.,'47;suc.byW.A.Richardson Res'd,Aug., '56; term filled hy Jacoh C. Davis.
William A. Richardson, D.
Quincy
Sixth
1861-63
John J. Hardin, W.
Jacksonville
Seventh
1843-45
Edward D. Baker, W
Springfield
Seventh
1845-46
Edward D. Baker, W
Galena
Sixth
1849-51
John Henry, W ..
Jacksonville
Seventh
Feh. to Mar., 1847.
Served Baker's unexpired term.
Thomas J. Turner, D
Freeport.
Sixth.
1847-49
Abraham Lincoln, W
Springfield.
Seventh.
1847-49.
William H. Bissell, D.
Belleville.
Eighth
1853-55.
Timothy R. Young, D.
Marshall
Third.
1849-51
Thomas L. Harris, D.
Petershurg
Seventh
1849-51.
Willis Allen, D
Marion
Second ..
1851-53
Willis Allen, D
Marion
Ninth.
1853-55.
Richard S. Maloney, D.
Belvidere
Fourth.
1851-53.
Thompson Camphell, D.
Galena.
Sixth
1851-53.
Richard Yates, W
Jacksonville
Seventh.
1851-53.
Richard Yates. W
Jacksonville
Sixth
1853-55
E. B. Washburne, R
Galena
First
1853-63
E. B. Washburne, R
Galena
Third
1863-69
Resignd, March 9, '69 to accept French mis- sion ; term filled hy H. C. Burchard.
Jesse O. Norton, R.
Joliet
Third
1853-57.
Jesse O. Norton, R
Joliet
Sixth
1863-65
James Knox, R.
Knoxville.
Fourth
1853-57
James C. Allen, D.
Palestine .
Seventh
1853-57.
James C. Allen. D.
Palestine
State-at-large
1863-65
James H. Woodworth, R
Chicago
Second
1855-57.
Jacoh C. Davis, D
Quincy ..
Fifth
1856-57
Lyman Trumhull, B.
Belleville
Eighth
1855
J. L. D. Morrison, D ..
Belleville.
Eighth
1855-57
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
McLeansboro.
Ninth
1855-59
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
McLeanshoro
Eleventh
1865-73.
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
McLeanshoro
Nineteenth
1873-75
John F. Farnsworth, R
Chicago ..
Second.
1857-61
John F. Farnsworth, R
St. Charles
Second
1863-73
Owen Lovejoy, R
Princeton
Third
1857-63
Owen Lovejoy, R
Princeton
Fifth ..
1863-65
William Kellogg, R.
Canton.
Fourth
1857-63
Isaac N. Morris, D.
Quincy
Fifth
1857-61.
Charles D. Hodges, D
Carrollton.
Sixth.
Jan. to Mar., 1859.
Filled unexpired term of Thos. L. Harris.
Aaron Shaw, D
Lawrenceville
Seventh
1857-59
Resigned, Dec., '61 ; succeeded hy A. L. Knapp.
John Wentworth, R.
Chicago
First.
Quincy
Fifth
1843-47
William A. Richardson, D.
Rushville and Quincy
Fifth
1847-56.
Joseph P. Hoge, D.
Galena.
Sixth
1843-45
Resigned, Dec., '46; succeeded hy John Henry.
William H. Bisseli, D.
Belle ville.
First ..
1849-53.
Thomas L. Harris, D.
Petershurg
Sixth
1855-58
Died, Nov. 24, '58; suc. by Chas. D. Hodges.
To fill unexpired term of Richardson. Chosen U. S. Senator; resigned. Filled Trumbull's unexpired term.
Died, Mar .. '64; term filled hy E.C.Ingersoll.
Stephen A. Douglas, D.
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NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TEAM.
REMARKS.
Aaron Shaw. 1)
Lawrenceville
Sixteenth
1883-85
James C. Robinson, D.
Marshail.
Seventh
1859-63.
James C. Robinson, D.
Marshail.
Eleventh.
1863-65
James C. Robinson, D.
Springfield
Eighth
1871-73.
James C. Robinson, D.
Springfleid
Twelfth.
1873-75
Philip B. Fouke. D
Belleville.
Elghth
1859-63
John A. Logan, R
Benton
Ninth
1859-62
Jolın A. Logan, D
Carbondale.
State-at-large.
1869-71
Isaac N. Arnold, R
Chicago.
Second
1861-63
Isaac N. Arnold. R.
Chicago
First.
1863-63.
William J. Allen, D
Marion.
Ninth
1862-63.
Served Logan's unexpired term.
William J. Allen, D
Marion.
Thirteenthi
1863-65
A. L. Knapp, D
Jerseyville
Fifth
1861-63
Served McCleruand's mexpired term.
A. L. Knapp. D.
Jerseyville
Tenth .
1863-65
Charles M. Harris, R
Oquawka
Fourth.
1863-65
Ehon C. Ingersoll, R
Peorla
Fifth
1864-71.
1864-'65 Illled Lovejoy's unexpired term.
John R. Eden, D
Sullivan.
Sullivan ..
Lewis W. Ross, D
Lewistown
Ninth ..
1863-69.
William R. Morrisou, D
Waterloo
Twelfth ..
1863-65
William R. Morrison, D
Waterloo.
Seventeenth ..
Eighteenth ..
State-at-large.
Fifteenth.
1881-83.
8. W. Moulton, D ..
Shelbyville
Monmonth
Fourth
1865-69.
Burton C. Cook, R.
Ottawa
Sixth
1865-71
H. P. H. Bromwell. R
Charleston
Seventh
1865-69
Shelby M. Culiom, R
Springfield
Eighth
1865-71
Anthony Thornton, D
Shelbyville
Tenth ..
1865-67
Jehu Baker. R
Believilie ..
Twelfth
1865-69
Jehu Baker, R
Belleville.
Eighteenth
1887-89
Jehu Baker, P
Belleville
Vienna ..
Chicago
First
1867-71
Tenth.
1867-71
Horatio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport
Third
1869-73.
Horalio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport
Fiftil
1873-79.
John B. Hawley, R
Rock Island
Fourth ..
1869-73.
John B. Hawley, R
Rock Island
Sixth
1873-75 ..
Jesse H. Moore, R ..
Decatur.
Seventh
1869-73.
Thomas W. McNeeley, D .. John B. Hay, R.
Belleville.
Twelfth ..
1869 73
John M. Crebs, D ..
Carmi.
Thirteenth.
1869 73
John L. Beveridge, R.
Evanston
First ...
1871-73
Charles B. Farweil, R
Chicago
Chicago
Third
1881-83.
Brad. N. Stevens, R
Princeton
Fifth
1871-73
Henry Snapp, R ..
Joliet
Sixth.
1871-73
Edward Y. Rice, D
Hillsboro
Tenth
1871 73.
John B. Rice, R. B. G. Caulfield, D.
Chicago
First.
1874-74.
Jasper D. Ward, R. Stephen A. Huribut, R.
Belvidere
Fourth.
1873-77
Franklin Corwin, R
Pern
Seventh
1873-75.
Greenbury L. Fort. R.
Lacon
Eighth
1873-81.
Granville Barriere, R
Canton
Ninth
1873-75.
Tenth
1873-75.
Jerseyville
Eleventh
1873-75.
Jerscyville
Eleventh.
1877-79
Thirteenth
1873-75.
Joseph G. Cannon, R
Inscoia and Danville.
1873-83
Joseph G. Cannon, R
Danville
Fifteenth ..
1883-91
Joseph G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Fifteenth
Twelfth
1895.
Saiem
Carbondale
Eighteenth
1873-75
Carter If. Harrison, D.
Chicago
Second
1875 79
John V. Le Moyne, D. T. J. Henderson, R
T. J. Henderson, R
Princeton
Seventh
1875 77
Richard H. Whiting, R.
Peoria
Rushville.
Pittsfleid.
Eleventh
1875-77
Twelfth.
1889-93
William M. Springer, D ..
William M. Springer, I.
Adlal E. Stevenson, D.
Bloomington.
Bloomington
Carlyle
Sixteenth
1875-83.
Chester ..
Nineteenth.
1875 77
Chicago.
First
1877-83
Chicago
Second
1877-79
Chicago
Third ....
1877-79.
Lorenz Brentano. R. William Lathrop. R. Philip C. Hnyes. R ..
Rock ford.
Fourth.
1877-79
Morris ...
Seventh.
1877-81
Lewiston
Ninth
1877-81
Warsaw
l'enth.
1877-83
Filled nnexpired term of Washburne.
Served unexpired term of Logan.
Charics B. Farwell, R.
Chicago
Third
1873-76.
May, 76, seat awarded to J. V. Le Moyne.
Filled unexpired term of B. C. Cook.
Died Dec., 74; succeeded by B. G. Caulfield. From 1874-75 served out Rice's term.
Awarded seat, vice Farwell.
Princeton & Geneseo ..
Sixth
1875 83
Alexander Campbell, G. B ..
La Salle.
Ninth
1875-77.
Tentil
1875-77
John C. Bagby, D. Scott Wike, D Scott Wike, D.
Pittsfield.
Springileld
Springfield.
Thirteenth.
1883 95.
Thirteenth ..
1875-776
Thirteenth
1879-SI.
Eighteenth
1575 79.
Mt. Vernon.
Sixteenth
1873-75
Chicago.
Third
1876 77
Seventil.
1883 95
Twelfthi ....
1875-83.
Adial E. Stevenson, I) William A. J. Sparks, I) William Hartzell, D .. William B. Anderson, D William Aldrich, R ... Carter H Harrison, I)
Thomas A. Boyd. R. Benjamin F Marsh, R. ..
Sullivan.
Seventh ..
1863-65.
Fifteenth.
1873-79
Seventeenthi.
1885-87
William R. Morrison, D. 8. W. Moulton, R.
Waterloo
Shelbyville.
S. W. Moulton, D.
Shelbyville
Seventeenth
1883-85
A. J. Kuykendall, R. Norman B. Judd, R Aibert G. Burr, D. Green B. Raum, R.
Carrollton.
Metropolis
Thirteenth ..
1867-69
Petersburg
Ninth
1869-73
State-at-large.
1871-73.
Charles B. Farwell, R
Chicago
First
1873-74.
Chicago
Second
1873-75.
William 11. Ray. R. Robert M. Knapp, D Robert M. Knapp, D. John McNuita, R.
Bloomington
Fourteenth
IS93-95
Joseph G. Cannon, R James S. Martin, R. Isaac Clements, R.
Twenty-first
1897-99
Thirteenth
1873-83
1883-87
1965-67
Abner C. Harding. R
Re-elected, "70 but res'd before beg'ng of terni.
1865-67
John R. Eden, D.
Res'd, Apr. '62; term fiiied by W. J. Alien. ( Chosen U. S. Senator, 1871; resigned; term filled hy John L. Beveridge.
John R. Eden, D ..
Rushville
Danville
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NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Benjanıin F. Marsh, R.
Warsaw
Eleventh
1893-95
Benjamin F. Marsh, R.
Warsaw
Fifteenth
1895-
Thomas F. Tipton, R
Bloomington ..
Thirteenth
1877-79
Goorge R. Davis, R
Chicago
Second
1879-83
Hiram Barher, R.
Chicago
Third
1879-81.
James W . Singleton, D.
Quincy
Isabel ..
Metropolis
Eighteenth
1879-83
William Cullen, R.
Ottawa
Seventh
1881-83
Lewis E. Payson, R
Pontiac
Pontiac .
Ninth
1883-91
John H. Lewis, R
Knoxville
Ninth
1881-83
Dietrich C. Smith, R
Pekin.
Thirteenth
1881-83.
R. W. Dunham, R.
Chicago
First.
1883-89
John F. Finerty, R.
Chicago
Second.
1883-85
George E. Adams, R.
Fourth
1883-91
Reuben Ellwood, R
Sycamore.
Fifth
1882-85
Robert R. Hitt, R
Mt. Morris
Sixth
1882-95
Robert R. Hitt, R ..
Mt. Morris
Ninth
1895-
N. E. Worthington, D.
Peoria
Tenth
1883-87
William H. Neece, D.
Macomh ..
Eleventh
1883-87
James M. Riggs, D.
Winchester
Twelfth
1883-87
Jonathan H. Rowell, R
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1883-91
James H. Ward, D.
Chicago
Third
1885-87
Albert J. Hopkins, R
Aurora ..
Eighth
1895
Silas G. Landes, D. .
Mt. Carmel.
Sixteenth.
1885-89.
William E. Mason, R.
Chicago
Third.
1887-91
Philip Sidney Post, R.
Galesburg
Tenth.
1887-95
William H. Gest, R.
Rock Island
Quincy
Twelfth
1887-89
Hillshoro
Seventeenth
1887-95.
Charles A. Hill, R.
Joliet.
Eighth
1889-91
Newton
Nashville
Eighteenth
1889-95
George W. Smith, R
Murphyshoro
Twentieth.
1889-95.
Murphyshoro
Twenty-sec' nd 1895-
Second
1891-95
Third.
1891-95
Walter C. Newberry, D .. Lewis Steward, Ind
Plano
Eighth
1891-93.
Herman W. Snow. R. Benjamin T. Cahle, D Owen Scott, D.
Sheldon.
Ninth
1991-93
Rock Island.
Eleventh.
1:91-93
Samuel T. Busey, D.
Urbana
Fifteenth
1891-93.
Jolin C. Black, D.
Chicago
State-at-large.
1893-95
Andrew J. Hunter, D.
Paris.
Paris.
Chicago
First
1893-97
Robert A. Childs, R
Hinsdale
Eighth
1893-95.
Ninth
1893-95.
Mt. Sterling
Twelfth
1893-95
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1893-95.
1895-
Chicago
Third
1895-99.
Awarded seat after con. with L. E. McGann.
Edward D. Cooke, R.
Chicago Chicago
Chicago
Galeshurg
Tenth.
1895
Vespasian Warner, R J. V. Graff. R
Clinton
Pekin ..
Virginia.
Sixteenth 1895-97
James A. Connolly, R.
Frederick Remann, R
Vandalia.
Eighteenth 1895
Eighteenth. 1895
Benson Wood, R.
Nineteenth. 1895-97.
Orlando Burrell, R ..
Carmi
Twentieth 1895-97
1895-97.
1897-
Daniel W. Mills, R Thomas M. Jett, D. James R. Campbell, D
Chicago
Hillsboro.
McLeansboro.
Twentieth
1897-99.
George P. Foster, R Thomas Cusack, D.
Edgar T. Noonan, D.
Chicago
Chicago
Sixth
1898-
Succeeded E. D. Cooke, deceased.
W. E. Williams, D
Pittsfield.
Sixteenth
1899-
B. F. Caldwell, D ...
Chatham
Seventeenth 1899-
Joseph B. Crowley, D.
Robinson
Nineteenth
1899-
W. A. Rodenberg, R.
East St. Louis
Twenty first ... 1899-
1877-89
George R. Davis, R
Chicago
Third
1883-85.
John C. Sherwin, R
Geneva and Elgin.
Fourth
1879-83.
R. M. A. Hawk, R
Mt. Carroll
Fifth ..
Eleventh
1879-83
John R. Thomas, R.
John R. Thomas, R.
Metropolis
Twentieth
1883-89
William Cullen, R
Ottawa.
Eighth
1883-85
Prank Lawler, D.
Chicago
Second.
1885-91
Albert J. Hopkins, R.
Aurora .
Fifth
1885-95
Ralph Plumb, R.
Streator ..
Eighth.
1885-89.
George A. Anderson, D Edward Lane, D. Abner Taylor, R.
Chicago
First
1889-93.
Geo. W. Fithian, D. William S. Forman, D. James R. Williams, D James R. Willlams. D
Carmi
Eighteenth
1889-95
Nineteenth.
1899-
George W. Smith, R ... Lawrence E. McGann, D. .. Allan C. Durborow, Jr .. D ..
Chicago
Chicago
Fourth
1891-93.
J. Frank Aldrich, R
Julius Goldzier, D
Chicago
Fourth
1893-95
Hamilton K. Wheeler. R
John J. McDannold, D
Benjamin F. Funk. R. Willlam Lorimer, R. Huglı R. Belknap, R Charles W. Woodman. R .. Geo. E. White, R.
Chicago
Fourth.
1895-97.
Fifth
1895-99
Sixth
1805-98
Died, June 4, '98; suc'd. hy Henry S. Boutell.
George W. Prince, R Walter Reeves, R.
Streator.
Eleventh.
1895
Thirteenth 1895
Fourteenth 1895
Finis E. Downing, D
Springfield
Seventeenth 1895-99.
Died, July 14, '95; suc'd. by W. F. L. Hadley. Elected to fill vacancy.
Everett J. Murpby, R
James R. Mann, R
Chicago
First
Second
1897-
Eighteenth.
1897-
Third
1899-
Fourth
1899-
Fifth
1899-
Henry S. Boutell, R
Edwardsville
Effingham.
East St. Louis
Chicago
Chicago
Seventh
1895
1893-95
Andrew J. Hunter. D.
State-at-large. Nineteenth
1897-99
Kankakee
Sixteenth
1889-95
Carmi
Chicago
Bloomington.
Fourteenth
1891-93.
Died, Jan. 6, 1895.
Eleventh
1897-91.
Died, '82; succeeded hy R. R. Hitt.
A. P. Forsy the, G. B
Fifteenth ..
1879-81.
Eighth
1881-83.
Lewis E. Payson, R
Chicago
Nineteenth
1879-82.
R. W. Townshend, D.
Shawneetown
George E. Foss, R ...
Wm. F. L. Hadley, R
Chicago
Second
Twenty-first
Succeeded R. M. A. Hawk, deceased.
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REYNOLDS, John, Justice of Supreme Court and fourth Governor of Illinois, was born of Irish ancestry, in Montgomery County, Pa., Feb. 26, 1789, and brought by his parents to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1800, spending the first nine years of his life in Illinois on a farm. After receiving a com- mon school education, and a two years' course of study in a college at Knoxville, Tenn., he studied law and began practice. In 1812-13 he served as a scout in the campaigns against the Indians, winning for himself the title, in after life, of "The Old Ranger." Afterwards he removed to Cahokia, where he began the practice of law, and, in 1818, became Associate Justice of the first Supreme Court of the new State.' Retiring from the bench in 1825, he served two terms in the Legislature, and was elected Governor in 1830, in 1832 personally commanding the State volunteers called for service in the Black Hawk War. Two weeks before the expiration of his term (1834), he resigned to accept a seat in Con- gress, to which he had been elected as the suc- cessor of Charles Slade, who had died in office, and was again elected in 1838, always as a Demo- crat. He also served as Representative in the Fifteenth General Assembly, and again in the Eighteentlı (1852-54), being chosen Speaker of the latter. In 1858 he was the administration (or Buchanan) Democratic candidate for State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, as opposed to the Republican and regular (or Douglas) Demo- cratic candidates. For some years he edited a daily paper called "The Eagle," which was pub- lished at Belleville. While Governor Reynolds acquired some reputation as a "classical scholar," from the time spent in a Tennessee College at that early day, this was not sustained by either his colloquial or written style. He was an ardent champion of slavery, and, in the early days of the Rebellion, gained unfavorable notori- ety in consequence of a letter written to Jefferson Davis expressing sympathy with the cause of "secession." Nevertheless, in spite of intense prejudice and bitter partisanslip on some ques- tions, he possessed many amiable qualities, as shown by his devotion to temperance, and his popularity among persons of opposite political opinions. Although at times crude in style, and not always reliable in his statement of historical facts and events, Governor Reynolds has rendercd a valuable service to posterity by his writings relating to the early history of the State, espe- cially those connected with his own times. His best known works are: "Pioneer History of Illi- lois" (Belleville, 1848) ; "A Glance at the Crystal
Palace, and Sketches of Travel" (1854); and "My Life and Times" (1855). His death occurred at Belleville, May 8, 1865.
REYNOLDS, John Parker, Secretary and President of State Board of Agriculture, was born at Lebanon, Ohio, March 1, 1820, and graduated from the Miami University at the age of 18. In 1840 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and soon afterward began practice. He removed to Illinois in 1854, settling first in Win- nebago County, later, successively in Marion County, in Springfield and in Chicago. From 1860 to 1870 he was Secretary of the State Agri- cultural Society, and, upon the creation of the State Board of Agriculture in 1871, was elected its President, filling that position until 1888, when he resigned. He has also occupied numer-
ous other posts of honor and of trust of a public or semi-public character, having been President of the Illinois State Sanitary Commission during the War of the Rebellion, a Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, Chief Grain Inspector from 1878 to 1882, and Secretary of the Inter- State Industrial Exposition Company of Chicago, from the date of its organization (1873) until its final dissolution. His most important public service, in recent years, was rendered as Director- in-Chief of the Illinois exhibit in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
REYNOLDS, Joseph Smith, soldier and legis- lator, was born at New Lenox, Ill., Dec. 3, 1839; at 17 years of age went to Chicago, was educated in the high school there, within a month after graduation enlisting as a private in the Sixty- fourth Illinois Volunteers. From the ranks he rose to a colonelcy through the gradations of Second-Lieutenant and Captain, and, in July, 1865, was brevetted Brigadier-General. He was a gallant soldier, and was thrice wounded. On his return home after nearly four years' service, he entered the law department of the Chicago University, graduating therefrom and beginning practice in 1866. General Reynolds has been prominent in public life, having served as a inember of both branches of the General Assem- bly, and having been a State Commissioner to the . Vienna Exposition of 1873. Hc is a member of tlc G. A. R., and, in 1875, was clected Senior Vice-Commander of the order for the United States.
REYNOLDS, William Morton, clergyman, was born in Fayette County, Pa., March 4, 1812; after graduating at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1832, was connected with various institutions in that State, as well as President of Capital University at
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Columbus, Ohio,; then, coming to Illinois, was President of the Illinois State University at Springfield, 1857-60, after which he became Prin- cipal of a female seminary in Chicago. Previ- ously a Lutheran, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1864, and served several parishes until his death. In his early life he founded, and, for a time, conducted several reli- gious publications at Gettysburg, Pa., besides issuing a number of printed addresses and other published works. Died at Oak Park, near Chi- cago, Sept. 5, 1876.
RHOADS, (Col.) Franklin Lawrence, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., in 1836, where he learned the print- er's trade, and, on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three- years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colo- nelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Oglesby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was com- pelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
RHOADS, Joshua, M.D., A.M., physician and educator, was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1806; studied medicine and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of M.D., also receiving the degree of A.M., from Princeton; after several years spent in practice as a physician, and as Principal in some of the public schools of Philadelphia, in 1839 he was elected Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, and, in 1850, took charge of the State Institution for the Blind at Jacksonville, Ill., then in its infancy. Here he remained until 1874, when he retired. Died, February 1, 1876.
RICE, Edward F., lawyer and jurist, born in Logan County, Ky., Feb. 8, 1820, was educated in the common schools and at Shurtleff College, after which he read law with John M. Palmer at Carlinville, and was admitted to practice, in 1845, at Hillsboro; in 1847 was elected County Recorder
of Montgomery County, and, in 1848, to the Six- teenth General Assembly, serving one term. Later he was elected County Judge of Montgom- ery County, was Master in Chancery from 1853 to . 1857, and the latter year was elected Judge of the Eighteenth Circuit, being re-elected in 1861 and again in 1867. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1869-70, and, at the election of the latter year, was chosen Repre- sentative in the Forty-second Congress as a Democrat. Died, April 16, 1883.
RICE, John B., theatrical manager, Mayor of Chicago, and Congressman, was born at Easton, Md., in 1809. By profession he was an actor, and, coming to Chicago in 1847, built and opened there the first theater. In 1857 he retired from the stage, and, in 1865, was elected Mayor of Chicago, the city of his adoption, and re-elected in 1867. He was also prominent in the early stages of the Civil War in the measures taken to raise troops in Chicago. In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third Congress as a Republican, but, before the expiration of his term, died, at Nor- folk, Va., on Dec. 6, 1874. At a special election to fill the vacancy, Bernard G. Caulfield was chosen to succeed him.
RICHARDSON, William A., lawyer and poli- tician, born in Fayette County, Ky., Oct. 11, 1811, was educated at Transylvania University, came to the bar at 19, and settled in Schuyler County, Ill., becoming State's Attorney in 1835; was elected to the lower branch of the Legislature in 1836, to the Senate in 1838, and to the House again in 1841, from Adams County -- the latter year being also chosen Presidential Elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket, and, at the succeeding session of the General Assembly, serving as Speaker of the House. He entered the Mexican War as Captain, and won a Majority through gallantry at Buena Vista. From 1847 to 1856 (when he resigned to become a candidate for Governor), he was a Democratic Representative in Congress from the Quincy District; re-entered Congress in 1861, and, in 1863, was chosen United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Stephen A. Douglas. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention of 1868, but after that retired to private life, acting, for a short time, as editor of "The Quincy Herald." Died, at Quincy, Dec. 27, 1875.
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