- Illinois Delegation
United States Nineteenth Amendment and Edmunds Tucker Act
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution secured the right to vote to women.
Illinois Delegation
This is one of the 63 delegations in the convention, accounting for 71 of 1451 people who took part.
Members (71):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Adams | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William Aldrich | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas A. Boyd | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Lorenzo Brentano | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Frederick A. Britten | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Edwin B. Brooks | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Horatio C. Burchard | Visualize | (September 22, 1825 — May 14, 1908) Horatio Chapin Burchard was an American politician and lawyer. Burchard was born in Marshall, New York in 1825 and moved to Illinois in 1854. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1850, after which he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854. After moving to Freeport, Illinois, Burchard served in the State House of Representatives from 1863 to 1866. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Elihu Washburne during the Forty-First Congress. His overall service in Congress extended from December 6, 1869 to March 3, 1879. After 1879, Burchard served in many capacities including Director of the United States Mint (1879-1885), member of the commission to revise Illinois revenue laws (1885-1886), and head of the jury of awards of the mining department of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893). [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001070] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Joseph G. Cannon | Visualize | (May 7, 1836 — November 12, 1926) Joseph Gurney Cannon was an American politician and lawyer. Cannon was born in Guilford, North Carolina in 1836 and moved to Tuscola, Illinois in 1859. He studied law and the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1858. After moving to Illinois in 1859, Cannon served as the State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois, before being elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1872. He served in the House from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1891. Cannon was not elected to serve in the Fifty-Second Congress in 1890, but was elected to serve again in the Fifty-Third Congress. He further served for the nine succeeding Congresses from 1893 to 1913. During the Fifty-Eighth through Sixty-First Congresses, Cannon was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Again, he lost an election for the Sixty-Third Congress, but was successfully in the election for the Sixty-Fourth Congress. He served for a final time in the House of Representatives from 1915 until he retired from public life in 1923. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000121] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Carl R. Chindblom | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Ira C. Copley | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Shelby M. Cullom | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| David Davis | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Edward E. Denison | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Ransom W. Dunham | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John R. Eden | Visualize | (1 February, 1826 -- 9 June, 1909) Eden was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Bath County, Ky., Eden was admitted to the bar in 1853 and began practice in Sullivan, Illinois. Eden was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. He was not reelected in 1864; however, he was later elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) , Illinois Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) |
| Charles B. Farwell | Visualize | (July 1, 1823 — September 23, 1903) Charles Benjamin Farwell was a government surveyor, farmer, businessman, and politician. Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York in 1823 and moved to Illinois in 1838. In Illinois he worked as a government surveyor and farmer until 1844 when he started working in banking and real estate. While working in the dry goods business, Farwell served as a member of the State board of equalization, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Cook County, and national-bank examiner. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican to the Forty-Second Congress and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. Although Farwell had presented his credentials to the Forty-Fourth Congress, he was succeeded by John LeMoyne, after LeMoyne successfully contested his election. However, he was elected to the Forty-Seventh Congress and served from 1881 to 1883. In 1887, Farwell was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of John Logan in the United States Senate. He served in the Senate from January 19, 1887 to March 3, 1891. After serving in Congress, Farwell engaged in the mercantile business until his death in 1903. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000037] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Greenbury L. Fort | Visualize | (October 17, 1825 — January 13, 1883) Greenbury Lafayette Fort was a politician, judge, and lawyer. Fort was born in French Grant, Ohio in 1825 and moved to Illinois in 1847 after studying law and being admitted to the bar. While in Illinois, he served as sheriff, clerk of Marshall County, and county judge. During the Civil War, Fort served as a second lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, quartermaster, and brevetted major. After the war, he served in the Illinois State Senate before being elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1872. He served in the House from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1881. After serving in Congress, Fort retired from public life and died in 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000288] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| George E. Foss | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Martin D. Foster | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Charles Eugene Fuller | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Charles Eugene Fullmer | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas Gallagher | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William J. Graham | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Carter H. Harrison | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William Hartzell | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Philip C. Hayes | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas J. Henderson | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Robert R. Hitt | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| A. J. Hopkins | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Clifford Ireland | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Niels Juul | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Edward John King | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Robert M. Knapp | Visualize | (April 21, 1831 — June 24, 1889) Robert McCarty Knapp was an American lawyer and politician. Knapp was born in New York City in 1831, and moved to Illinois in 1839 with his parents. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. Knapp served in the State House of Representatives in 1867, and as mayor of Jerseyville for five years from 1871 to 1876. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He was not reelected for the Forty-Fourth Congress in 1874, but was later elected to the Forty-Fifth Congress, where is served from 1877 to 1879. After serving in Congress, Knapp returned to Jerseyville and resumed practicing law until his death in 1889. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000281] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Silas Z. Landes | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William Lathrop | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Frank Lawler | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James Hamilton Lewis | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John A. Logan | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Martin B. Madden | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James R. Mann | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Benjamin F. Marsh | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William E. Mason | Visualize | At-large | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James McAndrews | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Joseph M. McCormick | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Medill McCormick | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John C. McKenzie | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William B. McKinley | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William R. Morrison | Visualize | (24 September, 1824 -- 29 September, 1909) Morrison was an American lawyer, politician, and colonel. Born in Monroe County, Ill., Morrison was a soldier in the Mexican-American War. After returning to Illinois in 1851, Morrison studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. From 1852 to 1860 Morrison was a member of the State house of representatives, returning again in 1870. During the Civil War, Morrison was colonel of the Forty-ninth Regiment. While in still in command, Morrison was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress. Later, Morrison was elected to the Forty-third and six succeeding Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) , Illinois Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) |
| William H. Neece | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Richard J. Oglesby | Visualize | (July 25, 1824 — April 24, 1899) Richard James Oglesby was a farmer, carpenter, rope-maker, miner, lawyer, and politician. Oglesby was born in Floydsburg, Kentucky in 1824. After being orphaned, he moved to Illinois to be raised by an uncle. Oglesby received limited schooling in his childhood but learned trades such as rope-making and carpentry. He later worked in those trades, and as a farmer. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced law in Sullivan, Illinois. After serving in the Mexican War, Oglesby worked as a miner in California for a two years. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate during the Thirty-Sixth Congress, but only served for the first session before resigning to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War. He attained the ranks of colonel, brigadier general, and major general while serving in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After the Civil War, he was elected Governor of Illinois and served in that capacity from 1865 to 1869. He was again elected as Governor in 1872 but only served until 1873, when he was again elected to the United States Senate. Oglesby served as a Republican in the Senate from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879, after which he served as Governor of Illinois for four more years from 1885 to 1889. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000048] | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Lewis E. Payson | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Ralph Plumb | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Henry T. Rainey | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John W. Rainey | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James M. Riggs | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William A. Rodenberg | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Johnathan H. Rowell | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Adolf J. Sabath | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Lawrence Y. Sherman | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Frank L. Smith | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William A. J. Sparks | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William M. Springer | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John R. Thomas | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas F. Tipton | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Richard W. Townshend | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James H. Ward | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Loren E. Wheeler | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas S. Williams | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William W. Wilson | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Nicholas E. Worthington | Visualize | None | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Richard Yates | Visualize | At-large | Illinois Delegation (This negotiation) |