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A Great Year for Politics in Cook County
The Eagle outlines a broad 1900 election slate for Cook County. It lists offices from governor to drainage trustees, county commissioners, and state judges, with candidates and party alignments debated amid legal questions over Superior Court elections and term extensions.
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Cook County
Isaac N. Powell
Board of Election Commissioners
Isax
Ona
State Board of Equalization
General Assembly
Chicago
Clvie Federation
Politcians
Politcians and the Election Commissionersrastice
Kavanagh
Superior Court
Superior Court of
Hinds
Shadrach Bond
Johnl. Beveridge
Richard J. Oglesby
Oglesby
United States Senate
John DP. Altgeld
Gav
Tanner
First Ward
Benjamin Harrison
Clay County
Tidolstone
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
New Hampshire
Ohio
Indiana
Prussia
Francis A. Hoffman
William Bross
Repub-ican
John L. Beveridge
Republcan
Andrew Shuman
Repub- Mcan
William J. Campbell
John C. Smith
Repub Hcnan
Peter L. Gregg
Cook
George W. Smith
Edward ‘Rutz
Jacob Gross
Henry Wulff
Henry L. Hertz
Bissell
Reynolds
Cullom
Congress
Augustus
French
John P. Altgeld
Joseph Fifer
M Altgeld
Fifer
K. Whittemore
Blute
Whittemore
Haneey