Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	John Alexander McClernand
4th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office December 9, 1830 – March 1, 1833
Governor	John Reynolds
Preceded by	William Kinney
Succeeded by	William Lee D. Ewing
Personal details
Born	(1796-03-07)March 7, 1796 Greene County, Georgia
Died	September 4, 1862(1862-09-04) (aged 66) Caseyville, Illinois
Political party	Democratic

Zadok Casey (March 7, 1796 – September 4, 1862) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843.^[1] He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth Lieutenant Governor in 1830. He served in the Twenty-third United States Congress (1833) through the Twenty-seventh United States Congress (1843). He was a Jacksonian Democrat, and he was elected to his final term as an Independent Democrat. He again served in the Illinois House from 1848 to 1852, serving as speaker in 1852, and in the State Senate from 1860 to 1862.

Casey Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River, is named in honor of Zadok Casey. Casey Middle School and Casey Avenue in Mount Vernon are also named after him.

Biography

Zadok Casey was born in Greene County, Georgia. Not much is known about his early life. One story is that, as a young man, he witnessed a murder. Because he did not wish to testify, he fled to the frontier. He died in Caseyville, Illinois at age 66, and was interred at Old Union Cemetery in Mount Vernon.

Caseyville, Illinois

Caseyville, Illinois was named after Zadok Casey due to his help to finance the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad which runs through the center of town.

References

↑ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of Art and Archives. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links

United States Congress. "Zadok Casey (id: C000230)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Perrin, History of Jefferson County, Illinois, 1883

Political offices
Preceded by William Kinney	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1830–1833	Succeeded by William Lee D. Ewing
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by District created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 2nd congressional district 1833–1843	Succeeded by John A. McClernand

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

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources

Gregg Boyle Gregg Boyle Morrow McKee Robertson Poindexter Anderson Rankin Scott Isacks Wickliffe Clay Boon Casey Corwin Mason Morrow Johnson Morrow Chapman Morrow Davis McClernand Collamer Bowlin Hall Disney Bennett W. Cobb Thayer Potter Julian Ketcham Townsend Sayler Morrison Converse Pound T. Cobb Holman Payson McRae Lacey Mondell J. T. Robinson Ferris Sinnott Colton Evans De Rouen J. W. Robinson Peterson Welch Somers Peterson Murdock A. Miller Engle Aspinall Haley Udall G. Miller Young Hansen Pombo Rahall Hastings Bishop

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 51482982 LCCN: no2007144250 US Congress: C000230

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