Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . bench, but was defeated by the lateJudge T. Lyle Dickey. For several years hefilled a chair in the faculty of the Union Collegeof Law. His home is in Evanston. HURLBUT, Stephen A., soldier, Congressmanand Foreign Minister, was born at Charleston,S. C, Nov. 29, 1815, received a thorough liberaleducation, and was admitted to the bar in afterwards he removed to Illinois, makinghis home at Belvidere. He was a member of theConstitutional Convention of 1847, in 1848 was anunsuccessful candidate for Presidential Electoron the Whig ticket, but, on the or
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . bench, but was defeated by the lateJudge T. Lyle Dickey. For several years hefilled a chair in the faculty of the Union Collegeof Law. His home is in Evanston. HURLBUT, Stephen A., soldier, Congressmanand Foreign Minister, was born at Charleston,S. C, Nov. 29, 1815, received a thorough liberaleducation, and was admitted to the bar in afterwards he removed to Illinois, makinghis home at Belvidere. He was a member of theConstitutional Convention of 1847, in 1848 was anunsuccessful candidate for Presidential Electoron the Whig ticket, but, on the organization ofthe Republican party in 1856, promptly identifiedhimself with that party and was elected to thelower branch of the General Assembly as aRepublican in 1858 and again in 1860. Duringthe War of the Rebellion he served with distinc-tion from May, 1861, to July, 1865. He enteredthe service as Brigadier-General, commandingthe Fourth Division of Grants army at PittsburgLanding; was made a Major-General in Septem- CO E Q •a CO.
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