In 1858 Logan was elected to represent Illinois Ninth Congressional District in Congress. He received almost 80 percent of
To Logan’s dismay Abraham Lincoln, whom he detested as he did all abolitionists, won the Presidency. When Southern states
Logan, died in 1886 and did not get a chance to attain his final goal. Among those who mourned
Logan was the Republican Vice-presidential candidate in 1884 and was looking forward to being that party’s Presidential candidate in
In 1866, John A. Logan returned to Congress, but as a Republican. This was a very different Logan. It
Although he did not return to Washington, Logan retained his Congressional seat until his promotion to general on March
In an August 1861 speech in Marion, Illinois Logan announced that he had joined the Union army and invited
In 1852, Logan won a seat in Illinois’ 18th General Assembly. Here his most noteworthy/notorious accomplishment was the passage
In 1851, after graduating from the University of Louisville, Kentucky, he moved on to regional politics and was elected
Logan’s interest in politics was sparked by his father, a local politician and three time member of the Illinois
