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Politician members in Illinois

  Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) — also known as M. B. Bailey — of Danville, Vermilion County, Ill. Born in Indianola, Vermilion County, Ill., 1858. Farmer; school teacher; silver miner; mining superintendent; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives; elected 1894; member of Illinois state senate, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03, 22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33). Member, Elks; Redmen; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Phi Delta Theta; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey; married 1899 to Lucia Payne.
  Sol Bloom (1870-1949) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., March 9, 1870. Democrat. Play producer; entertainment manager; songwriter; furniture business; real estate business; U.S. Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45, 20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 7, 1949 (age 78 years, 363 days). Interment at Mt. Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom; married 1897 to Evelyn Hechheimer.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Louis L. Emmerson Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1863-1941) — also known as Louis L. Emmerson; Lou Emmerson — of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill. Born in Albion, Edwards County, Ill., December 27, 1863. Republican. Merchant; banker; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912, 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940; secretary of state of Illinois, 1917-29; Governor of Illinois, 1929-33. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Redmen; Woodmen; Elks; Moose. Died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill., February 4, 1941 (age 77 years, 39 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
  Relatives: Grandson of Allan Emerson.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919
  Paul Farthing (b. 1887) — of East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill. Born in Odin, Marion County, Ill., April 12, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Clair County Judge, 1930-33; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1933-42; defeated, 1924; chief justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1937-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Optimist Club; Sons of the Revolution; Redmen; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Blind since age 12, when his eyes were shot out by another boy. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, June 18, 1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues.
Andrew Russel Andrew Russel (b. 1856) — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., June 17, 1856. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904 (alternate), 1916, 1920, 1928; Illinois state treasurer, 1909-11, 1915-17; defeated, 1912; Illinois state auditor of public accounts, 1917-25. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen; Redmen; Moose. Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
  Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919
  Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) — of Illinois. Born in Jefferson County, Ill., August 29, 1870. Mayor of Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1911, 1927-29; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1934. Methodist. Member, Redmen; Elks; Woodmen; Lions. Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, in Thompson Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill., February 15, 1942 (age 71 years, 170 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Henry Wulff Henry Wulff (1854-1907) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Meldorf, Germany, August 24, 1854. Republican. Cook County Clerk, 1886-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1892; Illinois state treasurer, 1895-97; president of Continental Financing Company, which in 1905 was investigated by the Illinois Attorney General as a fraud scheme; charged in federal court with using the mails to defraud, he and an associate pleaded guilty in 1906, and were sentenced to prison. Member, Freemasons; Foresters; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 27, 1907 (age 53 years, 125 days). Interment at Union Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Claus Wulff and Catherine Wulff; married 1875 to Katherine Englehart.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1905
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