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William L. D. Ewingacting1834 Joseph Duncanassumes office1834 Thomas Carlin1838 Thomas Ford1842 Augustus C. French1846 Joel A. Matteson1853 William H. Bissell1857 John WoodactingMarch 18, 1860 Richard Yatesassumes officeJanuary, 1861 Richard J. OglesbyJanuary, 1865 John M. PalmerJanuary, 1869 Richard J. OglesbyJanuary, 1873 John L. BeveridgeactingMarch 4, 1873 Shelby M. Cullomassumes officeJanuary, 1877 John M. HamiltonactingFeb. 7, 1883 Richard J. OglesbyJanuary, 1885 Joseph W. FiferJanuary, 1889 John P. AltgeldJanuary, 1893 John R. TannerJanuary, 1897 Richard YatesJanuary, 1901 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Date. Ninian Edwards15th to 18th1818 to 1824 Jesse B. Thomas15th to 19th1818 to 1826 John McLean18th to 20th1824 to 1830 Elias Kent Kane19th to 23d1826 to 1835 David J. Baker21st1830 John M. Robinson21st to 27th1831 to 1841 William L. D. Ewing24th1836 United States Senators—Continued. Name.No. of Congress.Date. Richard M. You
lumbian Exposition, adopted by legislature......July 31, 1890 George R. Davis selected as directorgeneral of the World's Columbian Exposition......Sept. 19, 1890 Gen. John M. Palmer, Democrat, elected United States Senator on the 154th ballot......March 11, 1891 Laws reducing the legal rate of interest from 6 to 5 per cent., and making the first Monday in September (Labor Day) and Feb. 12 (Abraham Lincoln's Birthday) legal holidays, passed at session ending......June 12, 1891 Governor Fifer signs the ballot reform bill......June 23, 1891 First reunion of survivors of the Black Hawk War of 1832 held at Lena; seventeen veterans present......Aug. 28, 1891 Equestrian statue of General Grant unveiled at Chicago......Oct. 7, 1891 World's Fair amendment to State constitution adopted by vote of 500,299 to 15,095......November, 1891 Alien land law pronounced unconstitutional......Dec. 23, 1891 Train of twenty-eight cars containing 12,000 bushels of shelled corn, the c