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Illinois: State Supreme Court

Justices of the Illinois State Supreme Court, 1818-2000 (May be incomplete!)

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1842: Theophilus W. Smith, died in office.
  • 1843 Apr 25: John M. Robinson, died in office.
  • 1878 Jun 27: Sidney Breese, died in office.
  • 1885: T. Lyle Dickey, died in office; Pinckney H. Walker, died in office.
  • 1893: John Schofield, died in office.
  • 1895: Joseph M. Bailey, died in office.
  • 1901: Jesse J. Philips, died in office.
  • 1907: Jacob W. Wilkin, died in office.
  • 1909: Guy C. Scott, died in office.
  • 1915: Alonzo K. Vickers, died in office.
  • 1924: Lawrence Beaumont Stringer, defeated.
  • 1929: Cyrus E. Dietz, died in office.
  • 1934: Frederic R. DeYoung, died in office.
  • 1937 Sep 18: Lott R. Herrick, died in office.
  • 1940: Norman L. Jones, died in office.
  • 1947: June C. Smith, died in office.
  • 1951: Walter T. Gunn, died in office.
  • 1956: Ralph L. Maxwell, died in office.
  • 1951: Francis S. Wilson, died in office; Walter V. Schaefer, appointed.
  • 1969: Roy J. Solfisburg, Jr., resigned; Marvin F. Burt, appointed.
  • 1961: George W. Bristow, died in office.
  • 1969: John T. Culbertson, appointed.
  • 1976: Harris W. Fawell, defeated.

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