Shelby Moore Cullom (1829 - 1914)

Born 22 Nov 1829 in Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah M (Fisher) Cullom — married 12 Dec 1855 in Sangamon, Illinois, United States

Husband of Julia (Fisher) Cullom — married 5 May 1863 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

Died 28 Jan 1914 at age 84 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Preceded by 16th Governor John Lourie Beveridge Preceded by David Davis

Shelby Moore Cullom 17th Governor of Illinois 1877—1883 US Senator (Class 2) from Illinois 1883—1913

Succeeded by 18th Governor John Marshall Hamilton Succeeded by J. Hamilton Lewis

Biography

Shelby Cullom is Notable.

CULLOM, Shelby Moore, (nephew of Alvan Cullom and William Cullom), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Wayne County, Ky., November 22, 1829; moved with his father to Tazewell County, Ill., in 1830; received an academic and university training; moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1853; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Springfield; elected city attorney in 1855; member, State house of representatives 1856, 1860-1861, and served as speaker of the house during the second year; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-first Congress); member, State house of representatives 1873-1874, and served as speaker in 1873; Governor of Illinois 1877-1883, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1882; reelected in 1888, 1894, 1900, and 1906 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1913; chairman, Committee on Expenditures of Public Money (1885-87), Committee on Interstate Commerce (1887-93; 1895-1901; 1909-11), Committee on Foreign Relations (1901-11), Republican Conference Chairman (1911-13); Regent of the Smithsonian Institution 1885-1913; chairman and resident commissioner of the Lincoln Memorial Commission in 1913 and 1914; member of the commission appointed to prepare a system of laws for the Hawaiian Islands; died in Washington, D.C., January 28, 1914; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #20392
• http://coffeycousins.blogspot.com/2005/10/richard-northcraft-and-elizabeth-betsy.html
• Shelby Moore Cullom on Wikipedia
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress