Some of the Southern states actually wanted the Illinois lawyer elected almost as badly as did the Northern ones.

Was this awkward, nasal-voiced Illinois lawyer really strong enough-bright enough-to deal with the crisis confronting the country?

Nordhoff tells me to pay particular attention to a young Illinois lawyer and politician named Ingersoll.

Seward was understandably crushed when the presidential nomination he expected went instead to this "little Illinois lawyer."

Because the case was initially scheduled to be tried in Chicago, the defense team needed an Illinois lawyer.

Ethelbert Callahan (born 1829) was a prominent Illinois lawyer and politician.

His early life and career were similar to that of another Illinois lawyer of the time, Abraham Lincoln.

Alfred Orendorff (1845-1909) was an Illinois lawyer and politician.

Logan Hay (died 1942) was a prominent Illinois lawyer.

John S. Stevens (b. 1838) was a prominent Illinois lawyer.