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the vote was taken. The Speaker an
nounced the result as follows:
"On this, the one hundred and fifty
fourth joint ballot, the whole number of
votes cast is 204. Necessary TO choice,
1O3, of which John NJ. Palmer has re-
ceived total of 1O3, c. j. Lindley, 100,
Streeter, l."
The Speaker then formally declared
General John NJ. Palmer elected Senator
to represent the State of Illinois in the
United States Senate for six years from
March 4, 1891. Senator-elect Palmer
was then introduced, and delivered
short speech.
John M. Palmer was born In Scout
County, Kentucky Sept. 13, 1917. He
cast his first vote IN Illinois for Stephen
A. Douglas for Congress, but he was
always an anti.slavery man in feeling,
and left the Democrats when the Mis-
souri, compromi o was repealed. Then
he became Republican.
In 1856 he was Chairman of the Re-
publican State Convention at Blooming
ton. He ran for Congress in 1859, but
was defeated. In 1860 he was Repub-
lican Presidential ElectW for the State
at large. In 1861 he was appointed one
OF the five delegates (all Republicans)
sent by Illinois to the peace congress at
Washington. When the civil conflict
broke out he offered his services to his
country, and was elected Colonel of the
Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infant
ry, and participated In The engage
ments at Island No. 10; at Pennington,
where he skillfully extricated his COM
mand from a dangerous position; at
Stone River, where his division for sew
oral hnnro nQR Al 1890 hnlA n m n
vanced position and stood like a rock,
and for his gallantry there he was made
Major General; at Chickamauga, where
his and Van Clece's divisions for two
hours maintained their position when
they were cut off by Overpowering num-
bers. Under Gen. Sherman he was as
signed to the Fourteenth Army Corps,
and participated in the Atlanta campaign
UP to date in August, when he asked
to be relieved because Gen. Sherman
ordered him to report to Gen. Schofeld.
In February, 1865, Gen. Palmer was as
signed to the military administration Of
Kentucky, which was a delicate post.
General Palmer was nominated for
Governor of Illinois by the Republican
State Convention which met at Peoria
May 6, 1868, and his nomination would
probably have been made by acclamation
had he not persistently declared that he
could not accept candidature for the
Office. The result of the ensuing cleo
tion gave Mr.. Palmer a majority OF a.
707 over John r. Eden, the Democratic
nominee.
Since the expiration OF Governor Pal
mer's term, while he has been somewhat
prominent In Illinois politics, he has de-
voted the most OF his time to the prac-
tice of his profession. In 1887 and 1888
he was the candidate of his party for the
United States Senatorship, but was de
feated, the first time by Chas. B. Farwoll,
and the second time by Shelby M. Cul-
lom. The Democratic State Convention
held in 1888 nominated him again for the
Office of Governor. He carefully can
vassed the whole State, and was de-
feated by Joseph w. Fifer, the present
incumbent He received the indorse-
ment OF the Democratic State Conven-
tion held in June last for the office Of
United States Senator, and the instruc-
tions which every Democratic Senator
and Representative elected in November
last received were considered as obligat-
ing him to vote for no one for United
States Senator but John M. Palmer.
Gen. Palmer has been twice married.
in 1912 he was united I'm marriage to
Malinda Neely, who died in 1ss3 He
was married to his present wife in the
spring OF 1888.