John Rice Eden
Born: February 1, 1826
Birthplace: Bath County, Kentucky
Father: John Paul Eden 1796 – 1835
Mother: Catherine Can 1800 – 1870
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Wife: Phebe Roxanna Meeker 1834 – 1888
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Children:
Emma Eden 1857 – 1923
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Rose Eden Martin 1858 – 1907
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Finley R. Eden 1859 – 1869
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Thomas Hartwell Eden 1860 – 1879
Walter Eden 1862 – 1932
Joseph Edgar Eden 1870 – 1872
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Blanche Eden Thackwell 1877 – 1939
(Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
1853 – 1856: Attorney in Sullivan, Illinois
1856 – 1860: Prosecuting Attorney for 17th Judicial District of Illinois
1860 – 1863: Attorney in Sullivan, Illinois
1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for Illinois State Representative
Civil War Career:
1863 – 1865: United States Congressman from Illinois
1863 – 1865: Member of House Accounts Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee
1864: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1865 – 1873: Attorney in Sullivan, Illinois
Occupation after War:
1868: Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for Governor of Illinois
1873 – 1879: United States Congressman from Illinois
1873 – 1875: Member of House War Claims Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Freedmen’s Bureau Committee
1875 – 1879: House Chairman of War Claims Committee
1876: Member of Committee to investigate Presidential Election
1877 – 1879: Member of House Justice Expenditures Committee
1878: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1879 – 1885: Attorney in Sullivan, Illinois
1885 – 1887: United States Congressman from Illinois
1885 – 1887: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1885 – 1887: Member of House Election President and Vice President
During his entire career in U.S. Congress he only missed 568 votes
1886: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1887 – 1909: Attorney in Sullivan, Illinois
Died: June 9, 1909
Place of Death: Sullivan, Illinois
Age at time of Death: 83 years old
Burial Place: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois
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