OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Orville Hickman Browning 

BORN:
February 10, 1806
Cynthiana, Kentucky 

DIED:
August 10, 1881 (age 75)
Quincy, Illinois

EDUCATION:
Attended Augusta College

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1856)
Republican (after 1856)
Democrat (after 1869)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1831:
Admitted to the Bar,
Moved to Quincy, Illinois
Began Practicing :aw
1832:
Served in the Illinois Volunteers during the Black Hawk War of 1832
1836-1843:
Member of the Illinois State Senate
1843, 1850, 1852:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Congress
May 1856:
Delegate to the anti-Nebraska Convention in Bloomington, Illinois
1861-1863:
U.S. Senator (Republican-IL)
1866-1869:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior 
1869:
Delegate to the Illinois State Constitutional Convention 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia

PAPERS: 
Diary of Orville H. Browning

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