The Political Graveyard: Clinton County, Ill.

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Clinton County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clinton County

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Carlyle St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery

Carlyle Cemetery
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Sidney Breese (1800-1878) — of Carlyle, Clinton County, Ill. Born in Whitesborough, Oneida County, N.Y., July 15, 1800. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for Illinois, 1827-29; circuit judge in Illinois 2nd Circuit, 1835-41, 1855-57; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43, 1857-78; died in office 1878; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1843-49; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1851-52; Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1851. Died in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Ill., June 27, 1878 (age 77 years, 347 days). Interment at Carlyle Cemetery.

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

William Andrew Jackson Sparks (1828-1904) — also known as William A. J. Sparks — of Carlyle, Clinton County, Ill. Born near New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., November 19, 1828. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1856; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868, 1884; member of Illinois state legislature; U.S. Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1875-83. Died in St. Louis, Mo., May 7, 1904 (age 75 years, 170 days). Interment at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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