Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Bross, William 1813 - 1889
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BROSS, William, journalist, was born at Montague, Sussex county, N.J., Nov. 4, 
1813. He acquired an academic education, was graduated from Williams college 
in 1838, and taught school until 1848, when he took up his residence in 
Chicago, Ill., where he was a bookseller and publisher. He was one of the 
founders of the Daily Democratic Press in 1852, which was consolidated with 
the Chicago Tribune in 1858, and at the time of his death was president of the 
Tribune association. From 1865 to 1869 he was lieutenant-governor of Illinois, 
and in that capacity signed the thirteenth amendment to the constitution of 
the United States, on behalf of the state, which was the first of all the 
states to adopt that amendment. He was a staunch adherent of the Republican 
party and a speaker of some prominence in its behalf. He made generous gifts 
to Lake Forest university, and was a trustee and at the time of his death 
president of the council of that institution. He travelled extensively, and 
was a member of various scientific and other bodies, including the Chicago 
historical society. He published: A History of Chicago (1876); Immortality 
(1877); A History of Camp Douglas (1878); Punishment, Chicago, and Her Future 
Growth (1880); The Winfield Family (1882), and Illinois, and the Thirteenth 
Amendment (1884). He died in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 22, 1889.

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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