Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . liOAUD OF JitAPi: ;, niirAco. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 277 Oullom was reduced to 0,708. Tlie other State(ithcers elected were: Andrew Sluiiiuin. Lieu-tenaiitCiovernor; George II. Harlow, Secretaryof State; Thomas B. Needles, Auditor; Edwardllutz, Treasurer, and James K. Edsall, Attorney-General. Each of these had pluralities exceeding20,000, except Needles, wlio, having a single com-petitor, had a smaller majority than new State House was occupied for tlie firsttime by the State officers and the Legislaturechosen at this
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . liOAUD OF JitAPi: ;, niirAco. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 277 Oullom was reduced to 0,708. Tlie other State(ithcers elected were: Andrew Sluiiiuin. Lieu-tenaiitCiovernor; George II. Harlow, Secretaryof State; Thomas B. Needles, Auditor; Edwardllutz, Treasurer, and James K. Edsall, Attorney-General. Each of these had pluralities exceeding20,000, except Needles, wlio, having a single com-petitor, had a smaller majority than new State House was occupied for tlie firsttime by the State officers and the Legislaturechosen at this time. Although the Republicanshad a majority in the House, the Independentsheld the balance of power in joint session ofthe General Assembly. After a stubborn andprotracted struggle in the effort to choose aUnited States Senator to succeed Senator John , David Davis, of Bloomington, waselected on the fortieth ballot. He had been aWhig and a warm jiersonal friend of Lincoln, bywhom he was ap[)iiinted Associate Justice of theSuprem
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