Excerpt from Souvenir of the Illinois Legislature of 1893: Over 200 Portraits, With Biographical Sketches of Every Member of the General Assembly, State Officers, and the PressJoseph B. Gill, President of the Sen ate and Lieutenant Governor, served two terms in the house in '89 and '91 and was nominated on the first ballot in.april, '92, for lieutenant governor by the democratic state convention. He was born on a farm near Marion, Williamson county, Feb. 17, 1862, and is the youngest lieutenant governor ever elected in this state. In '63 his family moved to De Soto, Jackson county, and in '68 to Murphysboro.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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