Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-06
S. N. CULLOM DIES
EX-SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS SUC-
CUMeS TO GENERAL BREAK
DOWN AFTER SIX WEEKS.
FAMILY WAS AT THE BEDSIDE
Aged Statesman Was Unconscious
When End Came-Had Beer In
Public Life for Over SO Years-Fu-
neral From Springfield, III.

Washington, Jan. 30.-Former Sen
ator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois died
here OF Wednesday after an illness
Of more than a week.
His las words were a wish that he
might have lived to see the compile
lion of the national memorial to Abra-
ham Lincoln. who was his personal
friend.
The end came as the result OF a
general breakdown after the aged
statesman had fought against death
for six weeks. When forced to TAX
his bed the ex~-senator's strength slow
ly began to ebb. He clung tenacious
ly to life after he had been given up
several times. He was unconscious
when death came.
At the bedside when the end came
were Miss Victoria Fisher, sister OF
the two deceased wives of the sena-
tor, and William Barrett Ridgeley, SON.
in-law, a former comptroller Of the
currency.
The former senator is survived by
two granddaughters, Mrs. Katherine
Ridgely Brown, wife Of Phelps
Brown Of Springfield, Mass. and Mrs.
Eleanor Ridgeley Parker, wife of DR..
Henry P. Parker Of this city.
Brief funeral services were held at
the Cullom home Thursday, and at
11:45 o'clock the body was taken to
Springfield, Ill, for !nterment on Sat
urday.
Former United States Senator Shell
by M. Cullom Of Illinois was a figure
Of national Importance for more
than thirty years, and held public Of
nee for more than half a century.
He began his political career in
1856, when after being admitted to
the Illinois bar he was elected city
attorney for Springfield. Almost i'm
mediately he vas elected a member
of the house of representatives Of the
Illinois legislature and was reelected
in 1860, serving until 1865, when he
was elected to the national house OF
representatives. He served in the
~Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first
congresses, from December 4, 1865,
to March 8, 1871. He went back to
Illinois and again was elected to the
state legislature in 1872, serving until
1875. In 1871 and 1873 he was elect
ed speaker of the state house of rep
resentatives. He was elected cover
nor of the state in 1875 and succeeded
himself in 1880. He served until Feb
ruary 5, 1883, when he resigned, hav-
ing been elected to the United States
senate. He took his seat on Decem-
Der 4, 1883, and served continuously
until March 3, 1913.
The Cullom family, like the Lin
coin family, were Kentuckians who
emtgrated to Illinois early in the
thirties. Shelby Moore Cullom was
born in Wayne county, Kentucky, on
November %, 1929. When the family
moved to Illinois he received his edu-
cation in a little log schoolhouse and
at home.
Senator Cullom was always identi-
fed with the Republican party and
~ganization. At the enc OF his thirty
years as a senator he left the office
poorer than when he entered it. He
had no income outside of his salary.
The home he formerly owned in
Springfield was sold some years ago
to help pay his expenses, and lately
when visiting the Illinois capital he
resided at a hotel or at the home
of his son-in-law.
Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 30.-Arrange-
ments for the funeral Of Senator Shell
BY n. Cuiiom IL this city on Saturday
were completed on Wednesday,. The
details were announced by Judge ].
Otis Humphrey Of the United States
district court.
The ~obsequies will be held In Rep
resentatives hall at the state house.
The religious service will be conduct
ed by Rev. DR.. Macleod, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, and the
music will be furnished by the choir
of that church. In addition, there
will be brief memorial addresses by
Senator L.. Y. Sherman, Gov. Edward
F. Dunno and Clinton L. Conkling.
The casket will be conveyed to the
residence Of Mrs. Charles Rfdgeley,
and later 1t will be taken to the state
house, where the body will lie in
state in the rotunda on the first
floor.