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Cullom, Shelby Moore

lawyer, legislator, governor, United States senator, was born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne county, Ky. He was elected city attorney of Springfield; was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1856; was: again elected to the legislature in 1860, and was chosen speaker. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-ninth congress, and re-elected both to the fortieth and forty-first congresses. He was again elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1872, and again chosen speaker; was re-elected in 1874; and in 1876 was elected governor of Illinois for the term of four years, and was re-elected in 1880. In 1883 he was elected a senator of the United States for the term of six years from March 4, 1883, and resigned the office of governor. His term expires in 1901.