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Samuel King Casey (June 27, 1818 – May 31, 1871) was an American politician. Case was born in Smith County, Tennessee. He moved with his parents to
Illinois Territory The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. Its ca ...
and eventually settle in Jefferson County, Illinois. Casey went to McKendree College and was a member of the Philosophical Literary Society. He served as county judge for Franklin County, Illinois and served as the warden for the Illinois Penitentiary. Casey was a farmer and lived in
Mount Vernon, Illinois Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all o ...
. Casey served in the
Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...
from 1868 until his death in 1871 and was a
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. He died at his home in Mount Vernon, Illinois. His father was
Zadok Casey Zadok Casey (March 7, 1796 – September 4, 1862) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois and founded the city of Mount Vernon. Biography Zadok Casey was born in Greene County, Georgia. Not much is know ...
, the Governor of Illinois.'Samuel K. Casey-death notice,' The Pantagraph, June 2, 1871, pg. 2


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1817 births 1871 deaths People from Mount Vernon, Illinois People from Smith County, Tennessee McKendree University alumni Farmers from Illinois Illinois state court judges Democratic Party Illinois state senators 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges {{Illinois-statesenator-stub