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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John A. Logan |
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Chicago, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 09, 1826
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| Died | December 26, 1886
(60 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
May 27, 2024 12:56pm |
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| Info | born in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill., on February 9, 1826; attended the common schools and studied law; served in the war with Mexico as a lieutenant; returned to Illinois; clerk of the Jackson County Court 1849; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852, and practiced; member, Illinois house of representatives 1852-1853, 1856-1857; prosecuting attorney for the third judicial district of Illinois 1853-1857
Presidential Elector (D-IL) 1856 and cast an electoral vote for Buchanan and Breckinridge
US House (D-IL) 1859-4/2/1862 when he resigned and entered the Union Army; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses)
During the Civil War was commissioned brigadier general, and then major general of Volunteers, and served until 1865
US House (R-IL) 1867-3/3/1871 when he resigned having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-first Congress); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1868 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson; conceived of the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance in May 1868
US Senate (R-IL) 1871-1877; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses)
Resumed the practice of law in Chicago
US Senate (R-IL) 1879-12/26/1886 (died in office); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses)
Unsuccessful Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1884
Died in Washington, DC, 12/26/1886; interment in a tomb in the National Cemetery, Soldiers Home, Washington, D.C.
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