U.S. District Attorneys in Illinois
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U.S. District Attorneys in Illinois
U.S. District Attorneys for Illinois, 1813-55(may beincomplete!)
WilliamMears 1813-19JepthahHarden 1819-27SidneyBreese 1827-29SamuelMcRoberts 1829-31DavidJ. Baker 1831-39FerrisForman 1839-41JustinButterfield 1841-44MarkSkinner 1844-45DavidL. Gregg 1845-49ArchibaldWilliams 1849-53ThomasHoyne 1853-55
U.S. District Attorneys for Illinois, 1977-98(may beincomplete!)
GeraldD. Fines 1977-86J.William Roberts 1986-93ByronG. Cudmore 1993FrancesC. Hulin 1993-98
U.S. District Attorneys for Illinois, 1855-1977(may beincomplete!)
WilliamJ. Allen 1855-59WilliamK. Parish 1859-60ElliottB. Herndon 1860-61LawrenceWeldon 1861-66JohnE. Rosette 1866-69BlufordWilson 1869-74JohnP. VanDorston 1874-76JamesA. Connolly 1876-85GustavusVan Hoorebeke 1885-89JamesA. Connolly 1889-93WilliamE. Shutt 1893-97J.Otis Humphrey 1897-1901ThomasWorthington 1901-05WilliamA. Northcott 1905-14EdwardC. Knotts 1914-22ThomasWilliamson 1922-26WalterM. Provine 1926-31FrankK. Lemon 1931-35HowardL. Doyle 1935-53MarksAlexander 1953JohnB. Stoddart 1953-58MarksAlexander 1958HarlingtonWood, Jr. 1958-63EdwardR. Phelps 1963-65RichardErnest Eagleton 1965-69FrankJ. Violanti 1969-71DonaldB. Mackay 1971-77
U.S. District Attorneys for Illinois, 1857-1998(may beincomplete!)
AugustusM. Herrington 1857-58HenryS. Fitch 1858-61EdwinC. Larned 1861JosephO. Glover 1869MarkBangs 1875-79JosephB. Seake 1879-84RichardS. Tuthill 1884-86WilliamG. Ewing 1886-90ThomasE. Milchrist 1891-93SherwoodDixon 1893-94JohnC. Black 1895-99SolomonH. Bethea 1899-1905CharlesB. Morrison 1905-06EdwinW. Sims 1906-11JamesH. Wilkerson 1911-14CharlesF. Clyne 1914-22EdwinA. Olson 1922-27GeorgeE. Q. Johnson 1927-31DwightH. Green 1931-35MichaelL. Igoe 1935-38WilliamJ. Campbell 1938-40J.Albert Woll 1940-47OttoKerner 1947-54IrwinN. Cohen 1954RobertTieken 1954-61JamesP. O'Brien 1961-63FrankE. McDonald 1963-64EdwardV. Hanrahan 1964-68ThomasA. Foran 1968-70WilliamJ. Bauer 1970-71JamesR. Thompson 1971-75SamuelKnox Skinner 1975-77ThomasP. Sullivan 1977-81GregoryC. Jones 1981DanK. Webb 1981-85AntonR. Valukas 1985-89IraA. Raphaelson 1989-90FredL. Foreman 1990-93MichaelJ. Shepard 1993JamesB. Burns 1993-97ScottR. Lassar 1997-
U.S. District Attorneys for Illinois, 1855-1998(may beincomplete!)
WilliamJ. Allen 1855-59WilliamE. Trautmann 1905-10CharlesA. Karch 1914JamesG. Burnside 1918-22W.O. Potter 1922-26HaroldG. Baker 1926-31PaulF. Jones 1931-35ArthurRoe 1935-42HenryGrady Vien 1942-43WilliamW. Hart 1943-53CliffordM. Raemer 1953-57CarlW. Feickert 1957-65HenryA. Schwarz 1965-77FrederickJ. Hess 1977JamesR. Burgess, Jr. 1977-82FrederickJ. Hess 1982-93CliffordJ. Proud 1993WalterC. Grace 1993-98
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