Grand Old Partisan honors Shelby Cullom, born in Kentucky, November 22nd 1829. His father was an anti-slavery Illinois legislator along with fellow Whig Abraham Lincoln. It was Lincoln's House Divided speech that inspired him to become a Republican. Over time, he became known as "Mr. Republican".
Cullom entered politics as Springfield city attorney. He won election to the state house, rising to speaker. In 1864, he won first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Receiving his vote were the 14th and 15th Amendments. He next was elected governor, then re-elected.
In 1882, Cullom won first of five terms in the U.S. Senate. Among his legislative accomplishments was the Lincoln Memorial. He chaired the foreign relations committee and the Republican conference, all the while on the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents.
"This man lived and died comparatively a poor man, which is the best test of integrity and devotion to duty. May this life of integrity which he led and this reputation which he leaves behind him be an incentive to the public men of the day, and of the days to come."
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