Palmer, John McAuley

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Palmer, John McAuley 1817-1900, an American statesman and soldier, born in Scott County, Kentucky. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1839, he had been a Democratic senator and a Republican member of the electoral college by the outbreak of the Civil War, during which he served at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga and in the Atlanta campaign, and was promoted major-general of volunteers. He was a Republican governor of Illinois, 1869 to 1873, and a Democratic United States senator, 1891 to 1897. In 1896 he was presidential candidate of the Gold Democrats. He is the author of Personal Recollections.