Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Eden, John Rice

Eden, John Rice, a Representative from Illinois; born in Bath County, Ky., February 1, 1826; moved with his parents to Indiana; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Sullivan, Ill.; prosecuting attorney for the seventeenth judicial district of Illinois 1856-1860; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninthCongress; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1868; elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Sullivan, Ill.; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; again engaged in the practice of law; died in Sullivan, Moultrie County, Ill., June 9, 1909; interment in Greenhill Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Eden, John Rice," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1117 1118. Original Sources, accessed May 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYKZW66CHMZ54.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Eden, John Rice." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1117, page 1118. Original Sources. 28 May. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYKZW66CHMZ54.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Eden, John Rice' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1117, pp.1118. Original Sources, retrieved 28 May 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYKZW66CHMZ54.