Richard J. Oglesby

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Former Governor of Illinois

Richard James Oglesby was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, who served three non-consecutive terms as Governor of Illinois and as a United States Senator from Illinois, and earlier was a member of the Illinois Senate,... Wikipedia

Born: July 25, 1824, Oldham County, KY

Died: April 24, 1899 (age 74�years), Elkhart, IL

Education: University of Louisville

Previous offices: Governor of Illinois (1885–1889), Senator, IL (1873–1879), Governor of Illinois (1873–1873), and more

Nationality: American

Party: Republican Party

Books

Letter on Reconstruction, From A.T. Stone to Gov. R.J. Oglesby, of Illinois

What I Know about Farming

The Indian Corn, Impromptu Speech of Ex-Gov. Richard J. Oglesby, Made at the Fellowship Club at Chicago, September 9th, 1894, on the Occasion of the Harvest Home Festival;