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Logan, John Alexander

soldier, statesman, was born Feb. 9, 1826, in Jackson county, Ill. He went with the army as a private in the with Mexico, and was made quartermaster of his regiment. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar; and in the same year was elected to the Illinois legislature. In 1853 he was appointed a prosecuting attorney; in 1856 a presidential elector, and a second time elected to the legislature. In 1858 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-sixth congress; and re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. He resigned, and served as a colonel in the union army in 1861; and was subsequently commissioned a major-general. He was elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses.

In 1871 he took his seat in the United States senate for the term ending in 1877; was again elected to the United States senate in 1878 for the term ending in 1885; and was re-elected in 1885. In 1884 he was the republican nominee for vicepresident. He was the author of The Great Conspiracy; and The Volunteer Soldier of America. He died Dec. 26, 1886, in Washington, D. C.