Hugh W. Cross

Hugh Ware Cross (August 24, 1896 – October 15, 1972) was an American politician, lawyer, farmer, and businessman.

Born in Jerseyville, Illinois, Cross received his law degree from University of Illinois Law School. He practiced law in Jerseyville, Illinois, owned a farm, and was president of the Jersey County Abstract and Title Company. He was a Republican. From 1933 until 1941, Cross served in the Illinois House of Representatives and was speaker of the house in 1939. Then, from 1941 until 1949, Cross served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. In 1949, Cross was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission and was the chair in 1955. He then returned to his law practice and farm in Jerseyville, Illinois.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ 'American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911 to 1994,' Nancy Weatherly Sharp and James Roger Sharp, Greenwood Publishing Group: 1997, Biographical Sketch of Hugh Ware Cross, pg. 95
↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948,' Biographical Sketch of Hugh W, Cross, pg. 84

Political offices
Preceded by Vacant	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1941–1949	Succeeded by Sherwood Dixon

Lieutenant Governors of Illinois

Menard Hubbard Kinney Casey Ewing Jenkins Davidson Anderson Moore Wells McMurtry Koerner J. Wood Marshall Hoffmann Bross Dougherty Beveridge Early Glenn Shuman Hamilton Campbell Smith Ray Gill Northcott Sherman Oglesby O'Hara Oglesby Sterling Donovan Stelle Cross Dixon Chapman Shapiro P. Simon Hartigan O'Neal Ryan Kustra C. Wood Quinn S. Simon Sanguinetti

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