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Title: History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Raum, Green B. (Green Berry), 1829-1909
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S.)
Publisher: Chicago, Rollins Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e has beenidentified with the party from the beginning. His early opinions upon the tariffquestion were derived from Henry Clay and Horace Greeley. He has stoodby the Republican legislation upon the tariff and financial questions, and is aforcible writer upon these topics. Air. Allerton believes in political organiza-tion and contributes both time and money to aid in the organization and com-paign work of the Republican party. Air. Allerton was the Republican candi-date for Alayor at one time, and carried the north division of the city, butCarter H. Harrison, Sr., a most influential and enterprising Democrat, waselected. As before stated, Samuel Waters Allerton was married July 1, i860, toAliss Pamilla W. Thompson, at Peoria, Illinois. Airs. Allerton died Alarch 1,1881. On Alarch 15, 1882, Air. Allerton married Agnes C. Thompson, a sisterof his first wife. Air. and Airs. Allerton have an elegant home in Chicago, havea large circle of friends, and dispense an agreeable hospitality. 330
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331 JOHN 1 AME: Success in any line of occupation, in any aver: tof spontaneity, but the legitimate offspring oi subjective efL ri utilization of the means at hand, the improvement rrv.n:: zit : er- cise oi the m^ .-..-- am made possible : John C. Ames had his nativity encompassed by those environmen:. ever fosterec nfl _:i dependence anc sf :ddk Jhave furnished the bulwark of our National prosperity and wonderful in:: zrn :t : - opment. He was born on a farm in LaSalle county. Til in. _ : i;_ an: m . \ saac and Arilla (Mooar) Ames, na_ i soi LaSahe county, whither they journeyed as :/ a? 184&. ^Between Ac kan- ■ ■ : - . d might be . - : : - g Ain es grew to -mar.:district school of Ins neighborhood :- .z - ^ - - ^ - Later he took a two years course in the TTHn. - . . rn tf Nor- mal, and in 187^ laid aside his school books in ■■:: - e - 1 msne (tflffik mfil :i in the school of experience. He engag-ed in the drag imsiness with jfdmiDickerman. under the hrm name of Dickermaz

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