{"id":1824,"date":"2018-12-07T10:08:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:20:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T04:20:55","slug":"illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/2018\/12\/07\/illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Illinois!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Illinois<\/a><\/p>\n

Illinois celebrates its 200th anniversary<\/a> this month. This post honors Illinois Wesleyan’s connection to this history. One way that IWU alumni have distinguished themselves in our state is through service in elected offices. Here’s a list that includes names of alumni who have attained Federal and State offices in Illinois.
\n[Input on other names welcome! Contact archives@iwu.edu]<\/p>\n

Federal
\n<\/strong>Executive Branch:<\/em>\u00a0Adlai Stevenson, Class of 1853, Vice President of the United States from 1893-97<\/p>\n

Legislative Branch:\u00a0<\/em>Adlai Stevenson, Class of 1853, House\u00a01875-77 and 1879-81
\n<\/em>John A. Sterling, Class of 1881, House 1902-1912, 1914-1918.
\nLouis FitzHenry, Law Class of 1897,\u00a0House 1913-15
\nScott Lucas, Law Class of 1914, House 1935-1939 and Senate 1939-1951<\/p>\n

State<\/strong>
\nExecutive Branch:\u00a0<\/em>Joseph Fifer, Class of 1868, Governor of Illinois 1889-1893<\/p>\n

Legislative Branch: <\/em>John F. Winter, Class of 1867,\u00a0House (1874-?; also served as U.S. Consul to Rotterdam and Mannheim, ca 1880s-90s)
\nJoseph Fifer, Class of 1868, Senator 1881-1883
\nArchibald E. Stewart, Class of 1872,\u00a0Senate 1872-76(?)
\nAbraham Phillips, Law Class of 1884, House 1905-07
\nGeorge R. Tilton, Law Class of 1884, House 1889-?
\nReed Green, Law Class of 1886,\u00a0IL House – 4yrs, IL Senator – 4yrs
\nCraig Curtis, Law Class of 1888, IL House – 41\/42 Gen Assembly
\nLee Brown, Law Class of 1889,\u00a0House 1901
\nGeorge English, Law Class of 1891, House 1907-12
\nWesley Owen, Law Class of 1894, House 1902
\nAndrew Dennis, Law Class of 1898, House
\nWalter Dysert, Law Class of 1901, House\u00a01906
\nMartin Brennan, Law Class of 1902,\u00a0IL House 1913-1917\/IL Senate1918-
\nEverett Werts, Law Class of 1904,\u00a0IL Senator 45\/48\/51 Gen Assem
\nJames Henson, Law Class of 1906,IL State Senator
\nGerry Bradley, Class of 1950, House
\nJ. Bradley Burzynski, Class of 1977, Senate
\nTom Cross, Class of 1980, House Minority Leader\/State Representative 84th District
\nBill Brady, Class of 1982, Senate 2002-present\/ House 88th District 1993-2000\/Republician Gubernatorial Candidate 2010<\/p>\n

Judicial Branch:\u00a0<\/em>Craig Curtis, Law Class of 1888, IL\u00a0Supreme Court Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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