Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Beveridge, John Lourie 1824 - 
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BEVERIDGE, John Lourie, governor of Illinois, was born at Greenwich, N.Y., 
July 6, 1824; son of George and Ann (Hoy) Beveridge; grandson of Andrew of 
Abernethy, Scotland, and Isabel (Cummings) Beveridge, and of James and Agnes 
(Robertson) Hoy. John removed to Illinois in 1842, and to Tennessee in 1845; 
became a lawyer, and was married in 1848, to Helen M. Judson of Chicago. He 
practised in Chicago, 1850-61; served as major of the 8th Illinois cavalry; as 
colonel of the 17th Illinois cavalry and as brigadier general of volunteers, 
1861-65. He was a representative in the 42d congress, 1871-73; lieutenant-
governor of Illinois, 1872, and succeeded Richard J. Oglesby as governor, when 
he became U.S. senator serving 1873. He was assistant U.S. treasurer at 
Chicago, 1881-5, and removed to Hollywood, Cal., in 1895.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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