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Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address was a speech made by President-elect Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois on February 11, 1861. The speech was one of Lincoln's most emotional, as he and the public knew there were tremendous challenges ahead and it was uncertain when he would ever return to Springfield.
On December 3, 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. Early U.S. expansion began in the south part of the state and quickly spread northward, driving out the native residents. In 1832, some Native American "Indians" returned from Iowa but were driven out in the Black Hawk War, fought by militia.
1945–1947. 1951. Battles/wars. World War II. Korean War. Daniel J. Walker (August 6, 1922 – April 29, 2015) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic party, he served as the 36th governor of Illinois, from 1973 until 1977. Born in Washington, D.C., Walker was raised in San Diego, before ...
Here are the top states people are moving from to Illinois: Indiana, number of people: 17,156. California, number of people: 14,692. ... Candy we loved from childhood but can sadly no longer find ...
Gannett. Zach Roth, Peoria Journal Star. March 20, 2024 at 5:34 AM. A group of local politicians, including both of Illinois' U.S. senators and one of Peoria's congressmen, sent a letter to the ...
Corona, Queens, New York. Died. November 29, 2020 (aged 71) Occupation (s) Politician, activist. Joanne E. Trapani (August 5, 1949 – November 29, 2020) was an American activist and politician. She was the first open lesbian elected official in Illinois when she won a seat on the village board of Oak Park in 1997, and she was inducted into the ...
April 2, 2024 at 6:54 PM. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate's minority leader proposed legislation Tuesday to overhaul Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board after it released a ...
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly.The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representatives elected from individual legislative districts for two-year terms with no limits; redistricted every 10 years, based on the 2010 U.S. census ...