Attorney under President Adams; Circuit Judge, Chief Justice, United States Senator for six years; Representative in the Seventeenth General Assembly in 1851-52, and Speaker of that body; and in 1857 he was again elected to the Supreme Court of the State, which position he continued to hold until his death, which occurred June 28, 1878.
Judge Breese may justly be styled a benefactor of his country, for he seemed to have filled, at the close of a long and useful life, in full measure, the work God and nature had assigned him.
Politically, Judge Breese died as he had lived, an adherent of the Democratic party.
Governor-Shelby M. Cullom.
Lieutenant-Governor-Andrew Shuman.
Secretary of State-Geo. H. Harlow.
Auditor of Public Accounts-T. B. Needles.
Treasurer-John C. Smith.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-Jas. P. Slade.
Attorney General-Jas. K. Edsall.
THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Thirty-first General Assembly convened January 8, and was composed of the following members.
George E. White, Chicago.
Daniel N. Bash, Chicago.
Sylvester Artley, Chicago.
Francis A. Riddle, Chicago.
W. T. Johnston, Chicago.
M. A. DeLany, Chicago.
W. J. Campbell, Chicago.
M. L. Joslyn, Woodstock.
C. E. Fuller, Belvidere.
R. H. McClellan, Galena.
Charles Bent, Morrison.
H. D. Dement, Dixon.
J. R. Marshall, Yorkville.
J. H. Mayborne, Geneva.
Sylvester W. Munn, Joliet.
T. P. Bonfield, Kankakee.
S. R. Lewis, Ottawa.
S. T. Fosdick, Chatsworth.
L. D. Whiting, Tiskilwa.
Henry J. Frantz, Roanoke.
Milton M. Ford, Galva.
B. C. Taliaferro, Keithsburg.
Wm. H. Neece, Macomb.
Wm. Scott, Dallas City.
Meredith Walker, Canton.
John S. Lee, Peoria.
Abram Mayfield, Lincoln.
J. M. Hamilton, Bloomington
Wm. T. Moffett, Decatur.
C. P. Davis, Monticello.
George Hunt, Paris.
Malden Jones, Tuscola.
E. N. Rinehart, Effingham.
E. Southworth, Litchfield.
Wm. E. Shutt, Springfield.
Luther Dearborn, Havana.
Maurice Kelly, Liberty.
Wm. R. Archer, Pittsfield.
Wm. P. Callon, Jacksonville.
G. W. Herdman, Jerseyville.
A. J. Parkinson, Highland.
F. E. W. Brink, Hoylton.
Thos. E. Merritt, Salem.
R. P. Hanna, Fairfield.
Wm. C. Wilson, Robinson.
Chas. E. McDowell, Carmi.
S. L. Cheaney, Harrisburg.
Ambrose Hæner. Waterloo.
John Thomas, Belleville.
Jesse Ware, Jonesboro.
A. J. Kuykendall, Vienna.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
W. H. Thompson, Chicago. B. F. Weber, Havelock.
M. J. Wentworth, Chicago. F. K. Granger, McHenry.
D. W. Clark, Jr., Chicago. W. A. James, Highland Park
Benj. M. Wilson, Chicago. William Price, Waukegan.
S. P. Hopkins, Chicago. Omar H. Wright, Belvidere.
Patrick T. Barry, Chicago. T. Butterworth, Rockford.
Leo Meilbeck, Chicago. H. W. Taylor, Rockford.
T. J. Walsh, Chicago. James I. Neff, Freeport.
John B. Taylor, Chicago.
Andrew Hinds, Oneco.
Lewis H. Bisbee, Chicago. Chas. S. Burt, Dunleith.
E. B. Sherman, Chicago. James Shaw, Mt. Carroll.
J. E. Murray, Chicago. W. H. Allen, Erie.
Wm. E. Mason, Chicago J. M. Pratt, Pratt.
Chas. Ehrhardt, Chicago. Frank N. Tice, Forrest.
Thos. F. O'Malley, Chicago. B. H. Truesdell, Amboy.
Christian Meyer, Chicago. A. P. Dysart, Nachusa.
Austin Sexton, Chicago. Wm. M. Byers, Sycamore.
Horace M. Thomas, Chicago. R. M. Brigham, Sandwich.
L. C. Collins Jr, Norwood P'rk Alonzo B. Smith, Oswego.
G. G. Struckman, Hanover. Edward C. Lovell, Elgin.
J. C. Wright,1 Naperville.
J. Herrington, Geneva.
J. Keniston, Wilton Center.
Fred Kouka, Beecher.
Wm. B. Thomson, Joliet.
Conrad Secrest, Watseka.
M. H. Peters, Watseka.
A. Buck, Pilot Center.
L. B. Crooker, Mendota.
Francis Bowen, Sheridan.
David Richey, Tonica.
George B. Gray, Pontiac.
N. E. Stevens, Paxton.
Calvin H. Frew, Paxton.
Alfred G. Scott, Sheffield.
S. F. Otman, Wyoming.
Simon Elliot, Princeton.
Joel A. Ranney, Cazenovia.
Geo. F. Wightman, Lacon.
C. Fosbender, Sparland.
A. R. Mock, Cambridge.
John W. Foy, Atkinson.
J. W. Simonson, Port Byron.
Rufus W. Miles, Gilson.
J. F. Latimer, Abingdon.
John Sloan, Douglas.
Henry M. Lewis, Berwick.
Henry Black, Doddsville.
Edwin W. Allen, Berwick.
T. B. Brumback, Plymouth.
John J. Reaburn, Denver.
B. R. Hamilton, Nauvoo.
Hosea Davis, Littleton.
C. F. Robison, Ellisville.
W. T. McCreery, Birmingham.
H. R. Chase, Robin's Nest.
Bernard Cremer, Peoria.
W. Cockle, Peoria.
John H. Tyler, DeWitt.
Geo. K. Ingham, Kenney.
B. K. Durfee, Decatur.
Geo. Scroggs,1 Champaign.
James Core, Homer.
Wm. A. Day, Champaign.
John G. Holden, Danville.
L. Marston, Hoopeston.
R. L. McKinlay, Paris.
O. B. Ficklin, Charleston.
A. Thomason, Lovington.
Henry A. Neal, Charleston.
W. M. Abraham, Watson.
James L. Ryan, Greenup.
B. Scarlett, Moweaqua.
J. B. Jones, Taylorville.
W. Y. Crosthwait, Grove City.
Geo. L. Zink, Litchfield.
W. L. Gross, Springfield.
John C. Snigg, Springfield.
Carter Tracy, Rochester.
J. F. Snyder, Virginia.
J. W. Savage, Virginia.
Jacob Wheeler,1 Havana.
S. Mileham, Camp Point.
A. M. Samuel, Burton.
Joseph N. Carter, Quincy.
Asa C. Mathews, Pittsfield.
S. R. Powell, Winchester.
Jas. H. Pleasants, Hardin.
I. L. Morrison, Jacksonville.
R. Vasey, Jacksonville.
F. M. Bridges, Carrollton.
H. W. Wall, Staunton.
J. N. English, Jerseyville.
Geo. E. Warren, Jerseyville.
W. R. Prickett, Edwardsville.
John M. Pearson, Godfrey.
David H. Harts, Lincoln. John S. Dewey, Troy.
G. P. Orendorff, Hopedale. T. D. Hinckley, Hoyleton.
William R. Hall, Pekin. S. W. Jones, Nashville.
T. F. Mitchell, Bloomington. John L. Nichols, Clement.
H. A. Ewing, Bloomington. J. E. W. Hammond, Omega.
T. P. Rogers, Bloomington. Francis M. Bolt, Vandalia.
James S. Jackson, Iuka.
J. Zimmerman, Mt. Carmel.
William Bower, Olney.
Chas. Churchill, Albion.
J. R. Johnson, West Liberty.
J. W. Graham, Marshall.
A. J. Reavell, Robinson.
A. M. Green, Mt. Vernon.
J. R. Moss, Mt. Vernon.
C. M. Lyon, McLeansboro.
J. M. Gregg, Harrisburg.
S. C. Hall, New Haven.
W. Trammell, Stone Fort.
J. T. McBride, Chester.
J. R. McFie, Coulterville.
P. C. C. Provart, Paradise Pr.
T. C. Jennings, East St. Louis.
Joseph Veile, Millstadt.
Henry Seiter, Lebanon.
C. H. Layman, Murphysboro.
T. T. Robinson, Pomona.
T. W. Halliday, Cairo.
James H. Carter, Vienna.
H. H. Spencer, Mound City.
T. G. Farris, Vienna.
W. V. Eldredge,2 Golconda.
Lieut.-Gov. Shuman presided over the Senate. John M. Hamilton, of McLean, was elected President pro tempore, over Wm. R. Archer, of Pike, by a vote of 27 to 22, and Jas. H. Paddock, of Kankakee, Secretary, over Edward L. Merritt, of Sangamon, by a vote of 27 to 22.
In the House, Wm. A. James, of Lake, was elected Speaker, over James Herrington, of Kane, by a vote of 81 to 59, and W. B. Taylor, of Marshall, Clerk, over Jerry Crowley, of Cook, by a vote of 78 to 62.
On the 10th of January, the message of the Governor was read in the two houses. It contained the usual recommendations.
The two houses met in joint session on the 21st of January, and Gen. John A. Logan was elected United States Senator, over Gen. John C. Black, by a vote of 80 to 60. Gen. Black was the Democratic candidate. Ten votes were cast for Alexander Campbell, Greenback, and 3 for John McAuliffe, Socialist.
The principal laws passed at this session, exclusive of the appropriation bills, were acts to create a Bureau of Labor Statistics; to protect bank depositors; to prevent fraud in the manufacture and sale of butter; to provide for the construction, repair and protection of drains, ditches 'Died, December 10, 1878.
and levees across the lands of others; to amend the election law; to encourage the cultivation of fishes; to amend the game law; to amend the insurance laws; to fix the rate of interest; to provide for the reorganization of the State militia; to provide for the safety of persons employed in coal mines; to regulate pawn-brokers; to regulate the manner of applying for pardons; to amend an act for the protection of passengers on railroads; to amend an act to regulate public warehouses; to amend an act relating to the payment of county and city railroad indebtedness; to amend the revenue law; to amend the school law, and to abolish the Board of State House Commissioners. The duration of this session was 143 days.
This was one of the greatest campaigns within a quarter of a century. The aggregate vote for the five electoral tickets-Democratic, Republican, Greenback, Prohibition, and Anti-Secret Society-was 622,118. As seems to have become the custom, the Republicans were the first to take action, their convention meeting May 20, to nominate a State ticket and appoint delegates to the National Convention. Shelby M. Cullom was nominated for Governor; John M. Hamilton, for Lieutenant-Governor; Henry D. Dement, for Secretary of State; Charles P. Swigert, for Auditor; Edward Rutz, for Treasurer, and James McCartney, for Attorney-General.
The Greenback party met June 9, and nominated A. J. Streeter, for Governor, Andrew M. Adair, for Lieutenant
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