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IL Political History

December 3, 1818 - Illinois is admitted to the Union becoming the 21st state.
Area - 57,918 sq. miles Capital - Springfield © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - State sovereignty, national union Nickname - Prarie State

- In 1772 Jean Baptiste Point DuSable built a trading post near Lake Michigan becoming the first resident of the settlement that becomes Chicago.
- In 1784 Virginia relinquishes its claim to Illinois.
- Northwest Ordinance places Illinois in the Northwest Territory in 1787.
- Congress, in 1800, creates the Indiana Territory, which includes Illinois.
- In 1809 Illinois Territory separated from the Indiana Territory.
- Congress organizes the Illinois Territory in 1809, with Kaskaskia the capital.The govenor was Ninian Edwards .
- Illinois becomes the 21st.state in 1818, with Kaskaskia the capital. The first Governor was Shadrach Bond.
- Vandalia becomes the state capital in 1820.
- In 1824 voters defeat a constitutional convention call to permit slavery in the state.
- General Assembly enacts the first public school law in 1825 and levies a school tax.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) moves to Illinois from Indiana in 1830.
- The 1835 General Assembly grants a charter for the Jacksonville Female Academy, the first institution in the state for women's education.
- Chicago receives a city charter in 1837; William Ogden becomes the first mayor.
- In 1839 Springfield became the state capital after efforts that include those of young legislator, Abraham Lincoln.
- The 1853 General Assembly passes legislation that prohibits free blacks from settling in the state.
- A free public school system is adopted by the 1855 General Assembly.
- In 1858 democrat Stephen A. Douglas wins a Senate seat over Republican Abraham Lincoln.
- In 1860, defeating three other candidates, Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
- Lincoln is reelected President in 1864.
- General Assembly repeals measures against black settlement, in 1865, becoming the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- In 1865 Lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C. and is buried in Springfield.
- Much of Chicago is destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871 that raged for three days from October 8th to the 11th.
- the first African-American is elected to office in Illinois in 1872. John Jones of Chicago becomes a Cook County commissioner.
- The General Assembly moves into the current capital building in 1876 although construction was not completed until 1888. Ground breaking for the Capital was in 1868, taking 20 years and $4.5 million to complete.
- The Illinois National Guard is established by the General Assembly in 1877.
- The first compulsory school attendance legislation is enacted in 1883.
- In 1892 Chicago attorney Myra Bradwell became the first woman admitted to practice law.
- regulations for child labor and factory inspections are established by the 1893 General Assembly.
- In 1899 the first juvenile court system in the nation is established.
- First elected in 1872 Joseph G. Cannon begins in 1903 the fourth of four successive terms as Speaker of the House.
- In 1911 Ronald Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois. He become a film actor, governor of California, and the 40th president of the United States. He is also credited with ending the Cold War.
- In 1913 the General Assembly grants women the right to vote for presidential electors.
- Voters in 1918 approve a state roads bond issue, appropriating $60 million for paving roads.
- Roland Burris is the first black to become Attorney General of Illinois, in 1991.

One Vote Counts in Illinois.
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