(Encyclopedia) Normal, town (1990 pop. 40,023), McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1865. It is the center of a productive farming region. Motor vehicles are manufactured in Normal. The town originally…
(Encyclopedia) Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1835–1914, Vice President of the United States (1893–97), b. Christian co., Ky. He practiced law at Bloomington, Ill., and was twice (1874, 1878) elected to the…
(Encyclopedia) Knight, Frank Hyneman, 1885–1972, American economist, b. McLean County, Ill., Ph.D. Cornell, 1916. He taught economics at the Univ. of Chicago (1927–62). Knight's most influential work…
(Encyclopedia) Libertyville, village (1990 pop. 19,174), Lake co., NE Ill., in a lake area; inc. 1882. Paper products and electronic equipment are made. Adlai E. Stevenson had a home there. A naval…
(Encyclopedia) Mann, James Robert, 1856–1922, American legislator, b. McLean co., Ill. A Chicago lawyer, he held many local offices before serving (1897–1922) as a Republican member of the U.S. House…
KINCHELOE, David Hayes, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Sacramento, McLean County, Ky., April 9, 1877; attended the public schools and was graduated from Bowling Green College,…
BRENNAN, Martin Adlai, a Representative from Illinois; born in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., September 21, 1879; attended parochial schools; employed as a reporter for the Bloomington…
ARCHER, John, (father of Stevenson Archer [1786-1848] and grandfather of Stevenson Archer [1827-1898]), a Representative from Maryland; born near Churchville, Harford (then Baltimore) County,…
HALL, Homer William, a Representative from Illinois; born in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ill., July 22, 1870; moved with his parents to Bloomington, Ill., in 1876; attended the public schools…
TIPTON, Thomas Foster, a Representative from Illinois; born near Harrisburg, Franklin County, Ohio, August 29, 1833; attended the public schools; moved with his parents to McLean County, Ill…
