John M. Palmer

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Former Governor of Illinois

John McAuley Palmer was an American politician. He was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War general who fought for the Union, the 15th governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the ... Wikipedia

Born: September 13, 1817, Kentucky

Died: September 25, 1900 (age 83 years), Springfield, IL

Party: National Democratic Party

Books: An Army of the People: The Constitution of an Effective Force of Trained Citizens, The Bench and the Bar of Illinois: Historical and Reminiscent Volume; Volume 2, The Bench and the Bar of Illinois: Vol. 2, and more

Previous offices: Senator, IL (1891–1897) and Governor of Illinois (1869–1873)

Education: Shurtleff College