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  Casey, Zadoc
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NameZadoc Casey
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Mount Vernon, Illinois , United States
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Born March 07, 1796
DiedSeptember 04, 1862 (66 years)
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Jul 29, 2015 08:37pm
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Infoa Representative from Illinois; born in Greene County, Ga., March 7, 1796; attended the common schools; moved to Illinois in 1819 and settled near the present site of Mount Vernon, Jefferson County; member of the State house of representatives, 1822-1826; served in the State senate, 1826-1830; elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1830; volunteer in the Black Hawk War in 1832; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, and as an Independent Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-fifth Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1848 and 1860; again a member of the State house of representatives, 1848-1852, and served as speaker in 1852; again served in the State senate, 1860-1862; retired to his farm, “Elm Hill,” near Mount Vernon, Ill.; died in Caseyville, St. Clair County, Ill., which was named after him, September 4, 1862; interment in old Union Cemetery, near Mount Vernon, Ill.


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  08/07/1842 IL District 02 Lost 36.30% (-27.36%)
  08/02/1840 IL District 02 Won 50.61% (+1.22%)
  12/15/1839 US House Speaker Lost 1.49% (-16.24%)
  08/06/1838 IL District 02 Won 94.27% (+88.62%)
  08/01/1836 IL District 02 Won 65.81% (+32.93%)
  08/04/1834 IL District 02 Won 58.32% (+16.64%)
  08/06/1832 IL District 02 Won 46.03% (+14.92%)
  08/02/1830 IL Lt. Governor Won 50.18% (+8.46%)
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