Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . 841, the Democratic Conventionnominated Adam W. Snyder, of Belleville, for Gov-ernor. As he had been, as a member of the Legisla-ture, rather friendly to the Mormons, the latternaturally turned their support to the Democraticparty. The next spring the Whigs nominated Ex-Gov. Duncan for the same office. In the meantimethe Mormons began to grow more odious to themasses of the people, and the comparative prospectsof the respective parties for success became
Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . 841, the Democratic Conventionnominated Adam W. Snyder, of Belleville, for Gov-ernor. As he had been, as a member of the Legisla-ture, rather friendly to the Mormons, the latternaturally turned their support to the Democraticparty. The next spring the Whigs nominated Ex-Gov. Duncan for the same office. In the meantimethe Mormons began to grow more odious to themasses of the people, and the comparative prospectsof the respective parties for success became veryproblematical. Mr. Snyder died in May, andThomas Ford, a Supreme Judge, was substituted asa candidate, and was elected. At the close of his gubernatorial term, Mr. Carlinremoved back to his old home at Carrollton, wherehe spent the remainder of his life, as before his ele-vation to office, in agricultural pursuits. In 1849he served out the unexpired term of J. D. Fry in theIllinois House of Representatives, and died Feb. 4,1852, at his residence at Carrollton, leaving a wifeand seven children. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA. o, ^A-i^yu^L^ (!r(r^ GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS. 139
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