Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . r of the House over Shelby M. Cul-lom, and A. A. Glenn (Democrat) was chosenPresident of the Senate, thus becoming ex-officioLieutenant-Governor. The session which fol-lowed—especially in the House—was one of themost turbulent and disorderly in the history ofthe State, coming to a termination, April 15,after having enacted very few laws of any im-portance. (See Twenty-ninth General Assembly.) Campaign of 1876.—Shelby M. Cullom was thecandidate of the Republican party for Governorin 1876, with Rutherford B. Hayes heading theNational ticket. The excitement w

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . r of the House over Shelby M. Cul-lom, and A. A. Glenn (Democrat) was chosenPresident of the Senate, thus becoming ex-officioLieutenant-Governor. The session which fol-lowed—especially in the House—was one of themost turbulent and disorderly in the history ofthe State, coming to a termination, April 15,after having enacted very few laws of any im-portance. (See Twenty-ninth General Assembly.) Campaign of 1876.—Shelby M. Cullom was thecandidate of the Republican party for Governorin 1876, with Rutherford B. Hayes heading theNational ticket. The excitement which attendedthe campaign, the closeness of the vote betweenthe two Presidential candidates — Hayes andTilden—and the determination of the resultthrough the medium of an Electoral Commission,are fresh in the memory of the present gener-ation. In Illinois the Republican plurality forPresident was 19,631, but owing to the combina-tion of the Democratic and Greenback vote onLewis Steward for Governor, the majority for aawz a o.

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