23 Notable alumni of
McKendree University
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McKendree University is 3221st in the world, 1113th in North America, and 1057th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from McKendree University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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James H. Wilson
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- writerengineermilitary officer
- Biography
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James Harrison Wilson was a United States Army topographic engineer and a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War. He served as an aide to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan during the Maryland Campaign before joining Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in the Western Theater, where he was promoted to brigadier general. In 1864, he transferred from engineering to the cavalry, where he displayed notable leadership in many engagements of the Overland Campaign, though his attempt to destroy Lee’s supply lines failed when he was routed by a much smaller force of Confederate irregulars.
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Charles S. Deneen
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Charles Samuel Deneen was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Illinois, from 1905 to 1913. He was the first Illinois governor to serve two consecutive terms totalling eight years. He was governor during the infamous Springfield race riot of 1908, which he helped put down. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, from 1925 to 1931. Deneen had previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894. As an attorney, he had been the lead prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert murder trial.
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Matt Cole
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Matt Cole is an American football wide receiver for the Wrocław Panthers of the European League of Football (ELF). He played college football for the McKendree Bearcats.
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William Ralls Morrison
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Ralls Morrison was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Henry P. H. Bromwell
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- lawyermathematicianpoliticianjudge
- Biography
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Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell was an American lawyer, politician from Illinois, and prominent Freemason. He was a lawyer and judge who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1865–1869 and continued to practice law when he moved to Colorado in 1870 where he was appointed to compile the state's statutes. Bromwell was initiated into freemasonry in 1854, and he became the Grand Master of Illinois in 1864. When he moved to Colorado he became that state's first Honorary Grand Master. He developed the Free, and Accepted Architects, a new rite for Freemasonry which sought to teach its initiates the lost work of the craft embodied in Bromwell's Geometrical system. After his death, the Grand Lodge of Colorado published his work on the esoteric nature of Sacred geometry in the book Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbolry.
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Daniel Kerr
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Kerr was an American politician who served as a two-term Republican U.S. representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district in the 1880s.
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William A. J. Sparks
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Andrew Jackson Sparks was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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William B. Anderson
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- military officerpolitician
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William Black Anderson was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.
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Lawrence Yates Sherman
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Lawrence Yates Sherman was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
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William Hartzell
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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William Hartzell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Jehu Baker
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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George Washington Smith
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Hugh G. Harrison
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- bankerpoliticianbusinessperson
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Hugh Galbraith Harrison was a real estate investor and banker who served as the second mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Thekla M. Bernays
- Years
- 1856-1931 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- suffragettejournalist
- Biography
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Thekla M. Bernays was an American author, journalist, artist, art collector, speaker, and suffragette.
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Pleasant T. Chapman
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Pleasant Thomas Chapman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Bluford Wilson
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Bluford Wilson was a Union Army officer in the Civil War and a government official who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.
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Frank Hereford
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Frank Hereford was a United States representative and Senator from West Virginia.
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Asa C. Matthews
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- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Asa Carrington Matthews was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
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William M. Farmer
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- politicianjudge
- Biography
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William Maurice Farmer was an American jurist and politician.
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Jesse Hale Moore
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- diplomatpoliticianmilitary officer
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Jesse Hale Moore was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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William Neville
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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William Neville was an American Populist Party politician.
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Erastus D. Telford
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- military personnelpoliticianlawyer
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Erastus Dalson Telford was an American politician and lawyer.
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H. K. S. O'Melveny
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- 1823-1893 (aged 70)
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- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Harvey Kilpatrick Stuart O'Melveny was a Circuit Court judge in Illinois and a Superior Court judge in California during the 19th century. He was president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council—the legislative arm of the city—in 1871–72.
