Preceded by Richard Yates Preceded by Richard J. Oglesby |
John A. Logan US Senator (Class 2) from Illinois 1871—1877US Senator (Class 3) from Illinois[1] 1879—1886 |
Succeeded by David Davis Succeeded by Charles B. Farwell |
Son of Dr. John Logan and Elizabeth Jenkins.
He married Mary Simmerson Cunningham on 27th day of November, 1855 in Gallatin, Illinois, USA. (Daughter of Capt. John M Cunningham and Elizabeth Hicks La Fontaine)
In 1868, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issued General Order Number 11 designating May 30 as a memorial day "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land."[2]
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