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The following is a List of defunct universities and colleges in Illinois. This list includes accredited , degree -granting institutions and bona fide institutions of higher learning that operated before accreditation existed.
With a history dating back to 1830, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier is the "oldest continuously published newspaper in Illinois". [3]In addition to Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier circulates in Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Morgan, Brown, Pike and Scott counties, in western Central Illinois.
Owen P. Thompson (1852–1933), judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1904 Richard Yates (1818–1873), U.S. congressman (1851–1855) and senator (1865–1871); 13th governor of Illinois (1861–1865)
Jacksonville is home to one private four-year college, Illinois College. Illinois College is the second oldest college in Illinois, [36] founded in 1829 (and the first to grant a degree – 1835) [37] by one of the famous Yale Bands—students from Yale College who traveled westward to found new colleges. It briefly served as the state's first ...
Pages in category "Jacksonville, Illinois" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Illinois College;
Richard Yates Jr. (December 12, 1860 – April 11, 1936) was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905—the first native-born governor of the state. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.
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The name was changed to MacMurray College for Women in 1930 to honor James E. MacMurray, who was an Illinois state senator, president of Acme Steel Corporation in Chicago, and college trustee whose commitment led to a substantial increase in the college's facilities and endowment in the late 1920s and 1930s.