John Reynolds (Illinois politician)

John Reynolds
4th Governor of Illinois
In office
December 6, 1830 – November 17, 1834
Lieutenant
Preceded byNinian Edwards
Succeeded byWilliam Lee D. Ewing
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st district
In office
December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837
Preceded byCharles Slade
Succeeded byAdam W. Snyder
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byAdam W. Snyder
Succeeded byRobert Smith
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office
1826-1830
1846-1848
1852-1854
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
In office
1818–1825
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySamuel D. Lockwood
Personal details
Born(1788-02-26)February 26, 1788[1]
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
DiedMay 8, 1865(1865-05-08) (aged 77)
Belleville, Illinois
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarried twice
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer
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John M. Reynolds[2] (February 26, 1788 – May 8, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Illinois who served in all three governmental branches.

One of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court (1818–1825), Reynolds won several elections to the Illinois House of Representatives (1826–1830, 1846–1848, and 1852–1854, when he was Speaker of the House), United States House of Representatives (1834–1837 and 1839–1843) and the fourth Illinois Governorship (1830–1834). He was also a major general in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War.

Reynolds published Pioneer History of Illinois and a large autobiography titled My Own Times.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference congbio-reynolds was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Suess, Adolph B. (August 20, 1947). "Its Period of Culture". The Romantic Story of Cahokia, Illinois (2nd ed.). pp. 25–26. Archived from the original on January 15, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2020. Also transcribed at
  3. ^ Danckers, Ulrich (2000). A compendium of the early history of Chicago : to the year 1835 when the Indians laft. River Forest, Illinois: Early Chicago, Inc. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-0-9675823-0-6.

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