Background
Logan, John Alexander was born on February 9, 1826 in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor John and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan.
Logan, John Alexander was born on February 9, 1826 in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor John and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan.
Graduated from the University Louisville, graduate law department, 1851.
Served as Lieutenant 1st Illinois Infantry in Mexican War, 1846-1848. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1852. Member Illinois House of Representatives, 1852, 53, 56, 57.
Prosecuting attorney 3d Judicial District Illinois, 1853-1857.
Member United States House of Representatives from Illinois, 36th-37th congresses, 1859-April 2, 1862, 41st-42d congresses, 1867-1871, appointed a manager to conduct impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, 1868. Commissioned colonel 21st Illinois Infantry, United States Army, 1861.
Commissioned brigadier general Illinois Volunteers, 1862, major general, 1862-1865. An organizer Society of Army of Tennessee, circa 1865, Grand Army of Republic, circa 1865 (3 times president).
Declined appointment as minister to Mexico, 1865.
Conceived idea of Memorial Day (inaugurated May 30, 1868). Member United States Senate from Illinois, 1871-1877, 79-86. Author: The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History, 1886.
The Volunteer Soldier of America, With Memoir of the Author and Military Reminiscences from General Logan’s Private Journal, 1887.
Member Illinois House of Representatives, 1852, 53, 56, 57. Member United States House of Representatives from Illinois, 36th-37th congresses, 1859-April 2, 1862, 41st-42d congresses, 1867-1871, appointed a manager to conduct impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, 1868. Member United States Senate from Illinois, 1871-1877, 79-86.
Married Mary Simmerson Cunningham, November 27, 1855, 2 children.