Presidential Electors-Concluded.

At large--John M. Herbert, Murphysboro, and Henry D. Pierce, Oak Park.

1-William McLaren, Chicago. 2-Edwin S. Conway, Chicago.

CARROLL C. BOGGS of Wayne county, Judge of the Supreme Court, First district, was born in Fairfield, Illinois, and has devoted his life to law. He has held the offices of State's attorney, county judge, circuit judge, and by assignment served six years on the appellate bench for the third appellate district. He was elected judge of the Supreme Court in 1897 and presided as Chief Justice for the term beginning June, 1900.

JAMES B. RICKS of Christian county, Judge of the Supreme court, Second district, was born in Christian county, Illinois, Dec. 23, 1852. He received his education in the common Schools of the State and at the Weslyan University, Bloomington. He was admitted to the bar in 1874, since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Taylorville. Before his elevation to the Supreme bench in 1901 he creditably filled offices as master in chancery of Christian county and mayor of Taylorville.

JACOB W. WILKIN of Vermilion county, Judge of the Supreme Court, Third district, was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1837, and came to Illinois in 1845. He received his education at the common schools of the State and McKendree college. He began the study of law in 1860, but left his studies in 1862 to enlist as a volunteer in the Civil war. At the close of the war he was mustered out with the rank of major, and resuming his studies, was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1879 he was elected judge of the circuit court for the fourth circuit; re-elected in 1885 and assigned to the appellate bench, where he remained until his election to the Supreme Court in 1888, to which position he was re-elected in 1897.

GUY C. SCOTT of Mercer county, Judge of the Supreme Court, Fourth district, was born in Henderson county, Illinois, August 14, 1863. He received his education in the public schools of the State and at Knox college, Galesburg. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Aledo. Before his admission to the bar he had been elected twice to the office of county clerk and served for several terms as mayor of Aledo before his elevation to the Supreme bench in June, 1903.

JOHN P. HAND of Henry county, Judge of the Supreme Court, Fifth district, was born in Henry county, Illinois, Nov. 10, 1850. He received his education in the public schools of the State and at Rock River Seminary and the Iowa State University. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and held the offices of county judge of Henry county and of assistant United States' attorney for the northern district of Illinois prior to his election to the Supreme Court June 4, 1900. He was Chief Justice for the term beginning June 1, 1903.

JAMES H. CARTWRIGHT of Ogle county, Judge of the Supreme Court, Sixth district, was born at Maquoketa, Iowa, Dec. 1, 1842. He received his education at Mt. Morris Seminary and the University of Michigan. He served as a volunteer during the Civil war and was mustered out with the rank of captain. He was elected jndge of the circuit court in 1888, reelected in 1901 and assigned to the appellate bench for the second appellate district. He was elected Judge of the Supreme Court in 1895 and re-elected in 1897, and is the presiding justice for the current term.

BENJAMIN D. MAGRUDER of Cook county, Judge of the Supreme Court, Seventh district, was born in Jefferson county, Mississippi, Sept. 27, 1838. He received his early education from private tutors and at the age of 14 entered Yale, from which institution he was graduated four years later. He taught school while pursuing his law studies, and received his diploma from the law school of the University of Louisiana in 1858, and was admitted to the bar of Tennessee the following year. At the outbreak of the Civil war he removed to Chicago and has since resided there, actively engaged in the practice of his profession until his election to the Supreme bench in 1885 to fill the unexpired term of Judge Dickey. He was re-elected in 1888 and again in 1897.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

The first Constitution of the State declared that the judicial power of the State of Illinois should be vested in one Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the General Assembly should, from time to time, ordain and establish.

The Supreme Court was vested with appellate jurisdiction only, except in cases relating to the revenue, in cases of mandamus, and such cases of impeachment as might be required to be tried before it. It consisted of a chief justice and three associates, though the number of justices might be increased by the General Assembly, after 1824.

The justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of the inferior courts were appointed by joint ballot of both branches of the General Assembly, and commissioned by the Governor, and held their office during good behavior, until the end of the first session of the General Assembly which was begun and held after the first day of January, in the year 1824, at which time their commissions expired; and until after that time the justices of the Supreme Court were required to hold the circuit courts in the several counties, in such manner and at such times. and were to have and exercise such jurisdiction, as the General Assembly should, by law, prescribe. But after the period mentioned, the justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of the inferior courts held their offices during good behavior; and the justices of the Supreme Court were no longer compelled to hold the circuit courts unless required by law. The State was accordingly divided into four judicial circuits, within which the chief justice and the associate judges of the Supreme Court were assigned to perform circuit duties, which they continued to do until the year 1824.

On the 29th of December, 1824, an act was passed declaring that, in addition to the justices of the Supreme Court, there should be appointed by the General Assembly five circuit judges, who should continue in office during good behavior, and by the same act the State was divided into five judicial circuits. Thus, for the first time, the justices of the Supreme Court were relieved from the performance of circuit duties, which now devolved upon the five circuit judges.

The circuit judges, however, were permitted to remain in office only about two years, as, by the act of January 12th, 1827, those sections of the act of 1824, which provided for the appointment of five circuit judges. and dividing the State into five judicial circuits, were repealed: and the State was again divided into four judicial circuits, in which the chief justice and three associate justices were again required to perform circuit duties.

The justices of the Supreme Court then continued to hold all the circuit courts until a circuit judge was elected by the General Assembly, in pursuance of the act of January 8, 1829, which declared that there should be elected, by joint ballot of both branches of the General Assembly, at that session, one circuit judge, who should preside in the circuit to which he might be appointed, north of the Illinois river. A circuit judge was elected in pursuance of that act, and at the same time the Fifth judicial circuit was created, in which the circuit judge was required to preside, the justices of the Supreme Court continuing to perform their duties in the other four circuits.