| LC control no. | no 89019979 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914 |
| Variant(s) | Cullom, S. M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914 Cullom, Shelby Moore, 1829-1914 |
| See also | Illinois. Governor (1877-1883 : Cullom) |
| Birth date | 1829-11-22 |
| Death date | 1914-01-28 |
| Place of birth | Monticello (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Neilson, J.W. Shelby M. Cullom, Prairie State Republican, 1962. LC in OCLC, 12-8-89 (hdg.: Cullom, Shelby Moore, 1829-1914; usage not shown) His It is time a little posting was done, 1866: t.p. (Hon. S. M. Cullom, of Illinois) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914; usage: Shelby M. Cullom; S.M. Cullom) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 16, 2013 (Shelby Moore Cullom; United States senator, 17th Governor of Illinois, in office 1877-1883, b. Nov. 22, 1829, Monticello, Ky., moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1853, d. Jan. 28, 1914, Washington, D.C.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 13, 2020 (Cullom, Shelby Moore, (nephew of Alvan Cullom and William Cullom), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Wayne County, Ky., November 22, 1829; moved with his father to Tazewell County, Ill., in 1830; received an academic and university training; moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1853; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Springfield; elected city attorney in 1855; member, State house of representatives 1856, 1860-1861, and served as speaker of the house during the second year; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-first Congress); member, State house of representatives 1873-1874, and served as speaker in 1873; Governor of Illinois 1877-1883, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1882; reelected in 1888, 1894, 1900, and 1906 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1913; chairman, Committee on Expenditures of Public Money (1885-87), Committee on Interstate Commerce (1887-93; 1895-1901; 1909-11), Committee on Foreign Relations (1901-11), Republican Conference Chairman (1911-13); Regent of the Smithsonian Institution 1885-1913; chairman and resident commissioner of the Lincoln Memorial Commission in 1913 and 1914; member of the commission appointed to prepare a system of laws for the Hawaiian Islands; died in Washington, D.C., January 28, 1914; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.) |
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