Shelby Moore Cullom

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Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
birthDate 1829-11-22
birthPlace Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
burialPlace Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, United States
chairpersonOf Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
surface form: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1914-01-28
deathPlace Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
educatedAt Mount Morris College
Wittenberg University
surface form: Wittenberg College
endTime (Governor of Illinois) 1883
endTime (U.S. Representative) 1871
endTime (U.S. Senator) 1913
era Gilded Age
familyName Cullom
givenName Shelby
memberOf Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
surface form: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
name Shelby Moore Cullom self-link
notableWork Autobiography of Shelby M. Cullom
occupation lawyer
politician
politicalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld Governor of Illinois
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
United States Senator
practicedLawIn Springfield, Illinois
surface form: Springfield, Illinois, United States
religion Presbyterianism
represented Illinois
residence Springfield, Illinois
surface form: Springfield, Illinois, United States
servedUnderPresident Benjamin Harrison
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft

William McKinley
sponsorOf Cullom Act
Interstate Commerce Act
surface form: Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
spouse Julia Fisher Cullom
surface form: Hannah Fisher Cullom

Julia Fisher Cullom
startTime (Governor of Illinois) 1877
startTime (U.S. Representative) 1865
startTime (U.S. Senator) 1883
stateRepresentedInHouse Illinois
stateRepresentedInSenate Illinois
studied law

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Oak Ridge Cemetery hasNotableBurial Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom name Shelby Moore Cullom self-link
Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby succeededBy Shelby Moore Cullom
subject surface form: Richard J. Oglesby
Cullom, Illinois, United States namedAfter Shelby Moore Cullom
subject surface form: Cullom, Illinois