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See also:PALMER, See also:JOHN McAULEY (1817-1900), See also:American soldier and See also:political See also:leader, was See also:born at See also:Eagle See also:Creek, See also:Kentucky, on the 13th of See also:September 1817. In 1831 his See also:family removed to See also:Illinois, and in 1839 he was admitted to the See also:bar in that See also:state He was a member of the state constitutional See also:convention of 1847. In 1852-1855 he was a Democratic member of the state See also:Senate, but joined the Republican party upon its organization and became one of its leaders in Illinois. He was a delegate to the Republican See also:national convention in 1856 and a Republican presidential elector in 1860. In 1861 he was a delegate to the See also:peace convention in See also:Washington. During the See also:Civil See also:War he served in the See also:Union See also:army, rising from the See also:rank of See also:colonel to that of See also:major-See also:general in the volunteer service and taking See also:part in the See also:capture of New See also:Madrid and See also:Island No. ro, in the battles of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone See also:River and Chickamauga, and, under See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, in the See also:Atlanta See also:campaign. He was See also:governor of Illinois from 1869 to 1873. In 1872 he joined the Liberal-Republicans, and eventually returned to the Democratic party. In 1891-1897 he was a Democratic member of the See also:United States Senate. In 1896 he was nominated for the See also:presidency, by the " See also:Gold-Democrats," but received no electoral votes. He died at See also:Springfield, Illinois, on the 25th of September 1900.
See The See also:Personal Recollections of John M. Palmer—The See also:Story of an See also:Earnest See also:Life, published posthumously in 1901.
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