Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . onthe Supreme 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 tick
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . onthe Supreme 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-. 4 t ^.Jffi^H B ? STATE CAPITOL. h ^ k *. —^^ f i W 1 L^t-3ta 3 4M| .. t - ? -^™l fJfT-r^^-SJ , ^i , & ?HHHBi ?» r 1 ^.JisiHi .... -1 i i 1 ^^f/M ^m ^ 3l€rt I i^^H : «» --r^Tfc ^ iiiiiii T[» y ? i as Es mem M Ml M 5 1. ^yH 1 te^s m^ -^ . L HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 241 ber, 1862, and later assigned to the command ofthe Sixteenth Army Corps, at Memphis, and sub-sequently to the command of the Department ofthe Gulf (1864-65). After the close of the war heserved another term in the General Assembly(1867), was chosen Presidential Elector for theStateat-large in 1868, and, in 1869, was appointedby President Grant Minister Resident to theUnited States of Colombia, serving until latter year he was elected Representative toCongress, and re-elected two years later. In1876 he was a candidate for re-election as anindependent Republican, but was defeated byWilliam Lathrop, the regular nominee. In 1881he was appointed Minist
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