Nicholas E. Worthington, (d) of Peoria, was elected to represent the tenth district from 1883 to 1885.

Wm. H. Neece, (d) of Macomb, was elected to represent the eleventh district from 1883 to 1885.

Jas. M. Riggs, (d) of Winchester, was elected to represent the twelfth district from 1883 to 1835.

Jonathan H. Rowell, (r) of Bloomington, was elected to represent the fourteenth district from 1883 to 1885.

SENATORS.

In December, 1818, Ninian Edwards, (d) of Edwardsville, was elected Senator for the unexpired term of the Fifteenth Congress which terminated in 1819; in 1819 he was reelected and served until 1824, when he resigned.

John McLean, (d) of Shawneetown, was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edwards, which terminated March 3, 1825.

In 1825, Elias Kent Kane, of Kaskaskia, was elected as the successor of McLean; in 1831, he was re-elected, and died December 12, 1835. The Governor appointed Wm. L. D. Ewing, of Vandalia, to fill the vacancy.

In 1837, Richard M. Young, (d) of Jonesbore, was elected to succeed Ewing.

In 1843, Sidney Breese, (d) of Carlyle, was elected to succeed Young.

In 1849, James Shields, (d) of Springfield, was elected to succeed Breese.

In 1855, *Lyman Trumbull, (d) of Belleville, now of Chicago, was elected to succeed Shields; in 1861 he was re-elected and again in 1867.

In 1873, Richard J. Oglesby, (r) of Decatur, was elected to succeed Trumbull.

In 1879, John A. Logan (r) of Carbondale, now of Chicago, was elected to succeed Oglesby.

*Trumbull became a Republican at the birth of the party, and continued to act with the Republicans until 1872.

Thus we have passed through the Senatorial seat first occupied by Ninian Edwards, from 1818 to March 3, 1885, when Logan's present term will expire. In the 67 years which will then have elapsed, ten different persons have held the office.

In December 1818, Jesse B. Thomas, (d) of Kaskaskia, was elected Senator for the unexpired term of the Fifteenth Congress, and was re-elected in 1823.

In 1829, John McLean, (d) of Shawneetown, was elected to succeed Thomas, but he died October 4, 1830. The Governor appointed David J. Baker, (d) of Kaskaskia, to fill the vacancy until the meeting of the General Assembly. In 1830, John M. Robinson, (d) of Carmi, was elected to succeed Baker; in 1835 he was re-elected.

In 1841, Samuel McRoberts, (d) of Waterloo, was elected to succeed Robinson, but he died March 27, 1843. The Governor appointed James Semple, (d) of Alton, to fill the vacancy until the meeting of the General Assembly, when he was elected to fill out the term.

In 1847, Stephen A. Douglas, (d) of Quincy, was elected to succeed Semple; he was re-elected in 1853 and again in 1859, but died June 3, 1861. The Governor appointed O. H. Browning, (r) of Quincy, to fill the vacancy until the meeting of the General Assembly.

In 1863, Wm. A. Richardson, (d) of Quincy, was elected to succeed Browning.

In 1865, Richard Yates, (r) of Jacksonville, was elected to succeed Richardson.

In 1871, John A. Logan, (r) of Chicago, was elected to succeed Yates.

In 1877, David Davis, (i) of Bloomington, was elected to succeed Logan.

In 1883, Shelby M. Cullom, (r) of Springfield, was elected to succeed Davis.

We have reviewed the Senatorial seat first filled by Thomas down to the election of Cullom, whose term of

office will expire March 3, 1889. In the 71 years which will then have elapsed, thirteen different persons will have filled the office.

McLean and Logan are the only Senators who have occupied both seats. Shields was a Senator from three States, he represented Minnesota in the unexpired term of the Thirty-fifth Congress, from May 12, 1857, to March 3, 1859, and Missouri from January 27, 1879 to March 3, 1879, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis V. Bogy.

Of all the persons who have represented the State in the United States Senate, but five are living-Trumbull, Oglesby, David Davis and the present incumbents.

Of the birth-places of our Senators, nine were born in Kentucky, Robinson, Ewing, Young, Semple, Richardson, Browning, Yates, Oglesby, Cullom; two in Maryland, Edwards, Davis; two in New York, Kane, Breese; two in Connecticut, Baker, Trumbull; two in Illinois, McRoberts, Logan; one in Ohio, Thomas; one in Vermont, Douglas; one in Ireland, Shields; one in North Carolina, McLean.

From 1833 to the close of the Thirty-fourth Congress, in 1857, all the Representatives had been Democrats, except John T. Stuart, John J. Hardin, Edward D. Baker, John Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Yates, Elihu B. Washburne, Jesse O. Norton, and James Knox, all of whom were Whigs. From 1857 to 1863, the close of the Thirty-seventh Congress, the political complexion of the delegation was five Democrats and four Republicans; from 1863 to 1865, eight Democrats and six Republicans; from 1865 to 1869, eleven Republicans and three Democrats; from 1869 to 1871, ten Republicans and four Democrats; from 1871 to 1873, nine Republicans, four Democrats and one Greenbacker; from 1873 to 1875, thirteen Republicans and six Democrats; from 1875 to 1877, six Republicans, ten Democrats and three Greenbackers; from 1877 to 1879,

eleven Republicans and eight Democrats; from 1879 to 1881, twelve Republicans, five Democrats and two Greenbackers; from 1881 to 1883, thirteen Republicans and six Democrats; from 1883 to 1884, eleven Republicans and nine Democrats.

In the Senate, the State was represented exclusively by Democrats until 1855, when Lyman Trumbull was elected to succeed Gen. Shields, as an anti-Nebraska Democrat. In 1859, Stephen A. Douglas was re-elected as a Democrat, and in 1863, William A. Richardson was elected as a Democrat, as the successor of Douglas. Since that time the State has been represented in that body by Republicans, except in the case of David Davis, who was elected by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, and he remained independent of the respective political parties during his term.

Among these names will be observed many illustrious men, and we doubt if there is a State in the Union, old or young, that can show a grander record as to statesmanship.

During the war, Illinois had in Congress many able, sagacious and patriotic men, among whom we are pleased to mention Isaac N. Arnold, John F. Farnsworth, Owen Lovejoy, Ebon C. Ingersoll, and Elihu B. Washburne, of the House, and Lyman Trumbull and O. H. Browning, of the Senate. Perhaps the men who had as much to do with the legislation of that period as any others, were Lyman Trumbull and Elihu B. Washburne. Mr. Trumbull, as chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, was the peer of any man in the Senate, and wielded a powerful influence in shaping the war and reconstruction measures; while Mr. Washburne, by his long and useful service in the House, was called the "Father of the House," and exercised a marked influence in those perilous times. But Mr. Trumbull lost favor with the Republican party when

he refused to vote for the impeachment of President Johnson, in 1868, since which time he has affiliated with the Democratic party. The history of the impeachment trial has never been impartially written, and in the light of to-day, it is not unjust to say, that the vote of Lyman Trumbull may have stayed the political madness of the hour, and preserved the Nation from establishing a bad precedent.

CHAPTER LV.

STATE FUNDS.

Disbursement of State Funds from December 1, 1839, to October 1, 1882Legislative-Executive-Judicial-Debt for Public Works-Educational -Internal Improvement Debt-Miscellaneous-Total-State Debt-Its Payment.

The subjoined table, showing the amount of the State debt from January 1, 1840, to January 1, 1881, when it became extinct, and the disbursement of funds from December 1, 1839, to October 1, 1882, has been compiled by the Auditor of Public Accounts expressly for our use, and it is invaluable as showing the amount expended by the State for all purposes, from and to the periods indicated, inclusive, and the various purposes for which the revenues of the State have been and are now expended.

In explanation of the classification of disbursements shown in this table, it may be said that the amounts reported under the head of legislative, includes the pay of members and officers of the General Assembly, the expense of printing and binding legislative reports, journals, bills, laws, and the general incidental expenses connected with the General Assembly.