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Hamilton, John Marshall

educator, lawyer, state senator, governor, was born May 28, 1847, near Richwood, Ohio. He entered the union army in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He was principal of the academy at Henry, III., in 1868-69; and in the latter year became a professor of Latin at the Illinois Wesleyan university. He was elected a state senator in 1876; and was elected lieutenant-governor in 1880. By the election of Gov. Cullom to the United States senate in January, 1883, he became governor of Illinois for the unexpired term of two years.