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Allen C. Fuller
Adjutant General Allen Curtis Fuller (September 24, 1822 – December 6, 1901) was the adjutant general of Illinois from November 11, 1861, to January 1, 1865, during the American Civil War. Biography Allen C. Fuller was born in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1822. He studied in Towanda, Pennsylvania, and under James Rood Doolittle in Warsaw, New York. He became a lawyer and lived in Belvidere, Illinois, from 1846 until his death at his home there in 1901. His daughter, Ida Candace Fuller Hovey, was born July 6, 1859, and married Theron Adelbert Hovey on July 6, 1878. She died of consumption (now more commonly called tuberculosis) at the age of 24 in Bayfield, Wisconsin, on August 22, 1883, after battling the sickness for several months. General Fuller then donated $5,000 to the city of Belvidere in Illinois to build a public library in her honor. To this day it's still open and standing. From before the war until July 1862, he was a judge of the Illinois Circuit Courts. He se ...
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Farmington, Connecticut
Farmington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County in the Farmington Valley area of central Connecticut in the United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 26,712 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It sits 10 miles west of Hartford at the hub of major I-84 interchanges, 20 miles south of Bradley International Airport and two hours by car from New York City and Boston. It has been home to the world headquarters of several large corporations including Otis Elevator Company, United Technologies, and Carvel (franchise), Carvel. The northwestern section of Farmington is a suburban neighborhood called Unionville. History Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Farmington was originally inhabited by the Tunxis Native Americans in the United States, Indian tribe. In 1640, a community of English immigrants was established by residents of Hartford, making Farmington the oldest inland ...
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Bayfield, Wisconsin
Bayfield is a city in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 584 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the city with the smallest population in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Highway 13 serves as a main route in the community. Formerly the county seat and home to industries in lumbering and commercial fishing, today it is a tourist and resort destination referred to as the "Gateway to the Apostle Islands". History Bayfield was named in 1856 for Henry Bayfield, a United Kingdom, British Royal Engineer, Royal Topographic Engineer who explored the region in 1822–23. A post office has been in operation at Bayfield since 1856. The first Catholic Church, Catholic church was built in Bayfield in 1860, with the Franciscans following in 1878. Mass in the Catholic Church, Mass was held in the English language, English and Ojibwe language, Ojibwe languages. In 1879, the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate established an American Indian boarding scho ...
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People Of Illinois In The American Civil War
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ...
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Illinois State Court Judges
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its capital city is Springfield in the center of the state, and the state's largest city is Chicago in the northeast. Present-day Illinois was inhabited by Indigenous cultures for thousands of years. The French were the first Europeans to arrive, settling near the Mississippi and Illinois rivers in the 17th century Illinois Country, as part of their sprawling colony of New France. A century later, the revolutionary war Illinois campaign prefigured American involvement in the region. Following U.S. independence in 1783, which made the Mississippi River the national boundary, American settlers began arriving from Kentucky via the Ohio River. ...
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Illinois State Senators
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from individual legislative districts determined by population and redistricted every 10 years; based on the 2020 U.S. census each senator represents approximately 213,347 people. Senate districts are divided into three groups, each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms. For example, group one elects senators for terms of four years, four years and two years, group two elects senators for terms of four years, two years and four years, and group three elects senators for terms of two years, four years and four years. This ensures that the Senate re ...
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Speakers Of The Illinois House Of Representatives
The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is seventh (behind the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, Lieutenant Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Secretary of State, Illinois Comptroller, Comptroller, Illinois Treasurer, Treasurer, and President of the Illinois Senate, President of the Illinois Senate, Senate, respectively) in the Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Illinois, line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois. List of speakers This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives . Each was chosen since the Illinois General Assembly's first session in 1818. The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each speaker. See also * List of Illinois state legislatures References External links Illinois General Assembly - Houseofficial government site Illinois Blue Book 2009–10
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Adjutants General Of Illinois
Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of “human resources” in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commissioned officer rank similar to a master sergeant or warrant officer but is not equivalent to the role or appointment of an adjutant. An adjutant general is commander of an army's administrative services. Etymology Adjutant comes from the Latin ''adiutāns'', present participle of the verb ''adiūtāre'', frequentative form of ''adiuvāre'' 'to help'; the Romans actually used ''adiūtor'' for the noun. Military appointment In various uniformed hierarchies, the term is used for a number of functions, but generally as a principal aide to a commanding officer. A regimental adjutant, garrison adjutant etc. is a staff officer who assists the commanding officer of a regiment, battalion or garrison in the details of regimental, garrison or si ...
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