The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois' prized papers of the 16th president, thanks to a ...

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Alfred and Robert Taylor were brothers campaigning to be Tennessee's governor in 1886. Their race was civil and a hopeful model for modern candidates.

Horner then easily defeated former governor Len Small in November to become only the third Democratic governor of Illinois since the Civil War.

J.B. Pritzker has announced his new running mate as he launches his re-election campaign seeking a third term as Illinois' governor.

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Illinois’ governor and first lady have donated a key Civil War document signed by Abraham Lincoln to the presidential library and museum that bears his name.