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| Name | John R. Tanner |
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Springfield, Illinois , United States |
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April 04, 1844
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| Died | May 23, 1901
(57 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | born April 4, 1844 near Booneville, Warrick County, Indiana, and was brought to Southern Illinois in boyhood, where he grew up on a farm in the vicinity of Carbondale, enjoying only such educational advantages as were afforded by the common school; in 1863, at the age of 19, he enlisted in the 98 IL Volunteers, serving until June 1865, when he was transferred to the 61st serving in General Sherman’s army from Kentucky to Georgia. He finally mustered out in September following. All the male members of Governor Tanner's family were soldiers of the late war, his father dying in a rebel prison at Columbus, Miss., one of his brothers suffering the same fate from wounds at Nashville, Tenn., and another brother dying in hospital at Pine Bluff, Ark. Only one of this patriotic family, besides Governor Tanner,
still survives - Mr. J.M. Tanner of Clay County, who left the service with the rank of Lieutenant of the 13th IL Cavalry. Returning from the war, Mr. Tanner established himself in business as a farmer in Clay County, later engaging successfully in the milling and lumber business as the partner of his brother. The public positions held by him, since the war, include those of Sheriff of Clay County (1870-72), Clerk of the Circuit Court (1872-76) and State Senator (1880-83). During the latter year he received the appointment of U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, serving until after the accession of President Cleveland in 1885. In 1886, he was the Republican nominee for State Treasurer and was elected by an unusually large majority; in 1891 was appointed, by Governor Fifer, a member of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, but, in 1892, received the appointment of Assistant United States Treasurer at Chicago, continuing in the latter office until December, 1893. For 10 years (1874-84) he was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, returning to that body in 1894, when he was chosen Chairman and conducted the campaign which resulted in the unprecedented Republican successes of that year. IN 1896 he received the nomination of his party for Governor, and was elected over Gov. John P. Altgeld, his Democratic opponent, by a plurality of over 113,000, and a majority, over all of nearly 90,000 votes. He is said to have "loved pomp and circumstance." He died shortly after leaving office in 1901 in Springfield, Illinois and died May 23, 1901. Buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery
Photo source: Albert Shaw, American Monthly Review of Reviews, 11/1898, p. 513. |
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