Sidney Breese (July 15, 1800 – June 27, 1878), a lawyer, soldier, author and jurist born in New York, became an early Illinois pioneer and represented the state in the United States Senate as well as served as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and has been called "father of the Illinois Central Railroad".
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7 September 1800 Whitesboro, New York
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Died |
27 June 1878 (aged 77) Pinckneyville, Illinois
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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