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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.
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)
The Cook County State's Attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke, [1] functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 600 attorneys and 1,200 employees. [2]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors. Warren ...
Richard J. Daley, politician (Democrat), member of Illinois State Assembly, Mayor of Chicago 1955–1976; Richard M. Daley, politician (Democrat), attorney, Illinois state senator, Mayor of Chicago 1989–2011, son of Richard J. Daley; William M. Daley, 1997-2000 U.S. Secretary of Commerce and 2011-12 White House Chief of Staff; Rick Dalpos ...
In 1886, Thompson was elected judge of Morgan County, Illinois, and he was reelected in 1890. [3] In 1897, Thompson was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial District. [3] He served until 1912, when he resigned to accept appointment to the Illinois Commerce Commission. [4] Thompson died in Jacksonville on August 30, 1933. [4]
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