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John Rice Eden

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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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