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CAPITOL COMPLEX The Michael J. Howlett Building is south of the Capitol. Formerly the Cen- tennial Building, it was erected to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Illi- nois’ admission to the Union as the 21st state. The cornerstone of the $3 million building was laid in 1918, and the building was completed in 1923. Additions in 1928 and 1966 converted the original rectangular structure into a square build- ing while retaining the original classic architectural design. Several departments of the Secretary of State’s office are located in the building, and historic flags carried by Illinois regiments during the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I are preserved carefully in display cases in Memorial Hall, just inside the building’s two main entrances on the north side. Immediately west of the Capitol is the William G. Stratton Building. Ground was broken for the H-shaped, 448,000-square-foot structure on Feb. 15, 1954, and it was completed some 20 months later at a cost of $11.5 million. It contains the offices of members of the State Senate and House of Representa- tives as well as some state agencies and departments. 460 Adjacent to the Margaret Cross Norton Building is the Illinois State Mu- seum, designed to display the many historic, artistic and natural treasures of Illinois. The official groundbreaking ceremony was held Jan. 5, 1961, and the $2.2 million building was dedicated on Feb. 4, 1963. The museum has four large exhibit halls, two on each of the first two floors. Curatorial offices and related laboratories and shops are located on the third floor along with the staff’s tech- nical library. A replica of a Tlingit Indian totem pole welcomes visitors at the museum’s entrance. The Attorney General’s Building, east of the Michael J. Howlett Building across Second Street, houses the offices of more than 140 attorneys and support staffers. Construction of the three-story, $2.8 million building began in 1968, and the formal dedication was held on Jan. 27, 1972. Sandblasted architectural concrete was used in the construction of the building’s light gray exterior walls, and the interior features a center courtyard. 461 North of the Capitol is the Armory, which replaced the State Arsenal that burned in 1934. This building houses the offices of several divisions of the Illi- nois State Police. The offices surround a large auditorium with a seating capac- ity of 6,000, which often has been the site of inauguration ceremonies for state officials. The Margaret Cross Norton Building, just west of the Michael J. Howlett Building, houses the State Archives, a department of the Secretary of State’s office. Formerly the Archives Building, it was designed to protect the state’s valuable historic records from the hazards of fire, theft and exposure. Construc- tion began in 1936 with aid from the New Deal’s Public Works Administration, and the building was completed in 1938 at a cost of $820,000. It is architecturally unique, having no windows on the fourth through seventh floors. 462 The Illinois State Library Building was opened to the public in 1990. The $36 million, 164,000-square-foot structure, just north of the Attorney General’s Building, is the first building specifically designed and constructed to house the collections of the Illinois State Library. The building’s classic architecture and sandstone walls were chosen to blend with other major buildings of the Capitol Complex. The Capitol Visitors’ Center, just west of the William G. Stratton Building, was opened formally on June 8, 1988. Covering two city blocks, the $3.7 million structure provides visitors with parking, information, picnic facilities, vending machines, rest rooms and a spacious, air-conditioned place to relax. 463 UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM ILLINOIS Name Term of Residence Remarks Service Ninian Edwards, Dem....................... 1818-1824 Kaskaskia................ Resigned. Jesse B. Thomas, Dem........................ 1818-1829 Kaskaskia................ John McLean, Dem. ........................... 1824-1825 Shawneetown......... To succeed Edwards, resigned. Elias Kent Kane, Dem........................ 1825-1835 Kaskaskia................. To succeed McLean; died Dec. 12, 1835. John McLean, Dem ............................ 1829-1830 Shawneetown......... To succeed Thomas; died Oct. 14, 1830. David J. Baker, Dem........................... Nov. 12- Dec. 11, 1830 Kaskaskia Appointed, to succeed McLean, deceased. John M. Robinson, Dem. ................... 1830-1841 Carmi....................... To succeed Baker. William L.D. Ewing, Dem................. 1835-1837 Vandalia.................. To succeed Kane, deceased. Richard M. Young, Dem.................... 1837-1843 Jonesboro ................ To succeed Ewing. Samuel McRoberts, Dem................... 1841-1843 Waterloo To succeed Robinson; died Mar. 22, 1843. Sidney Breese, Dem. .......................... 1843-1849 Carlyle..................... To succeed Young. James Semple, Dem. .......................... 1843-1847 Alton........................ Appointed, to succeed McRoberts, deceased. Stephen A. Douglas, Dem................. 1847-1861 Quincy..................... To succeed Semple; died June 3, 1861. James Shields, Dem............................ 1849-1855 Springfield.............. To succeed Breese. Lyman Trumbull, Anti-Neb. Dem ... 1855-1873 Belleville ................. To succeed Shields. Orville H. Browning, Rep. ................ 1861-1863 Quincy..................... Appointed, to succeed Douglas, deceased. William A. Richardson, Dem............ 1863-1865 Quincy..................... To succeed Browning. Richard Yates, Rep. ............................ 1865-1871 Jacksonville............. To succeed Richardson. John A. Logan, Rep. ........................... 1871-1877 Chicago ................... To succeed Yates. Richard J. Oglesby, Rep..................... 1873-1879 Decatur.................... To succeed Trumbull. David Davis, Ind................................ 1877-1883 Bloomington........... To succeed Logan. John A. Logan, Rep. ........................... 1879-1886 Chicago ................... To succeed Oglesby; died Dec. 26, 1886. Shelby M. Cullom, Rep. .................... 1883-1913 Springfield.............. To succeed Davis. Charles B. Farwell, Rep. .................... 1887-1891 Chicago ................... To succeed Logan, deceased. John M. Palmer, Dem......................... 1891-1897 Springfield.............. To succeed Farwell. William E. Mason, Rep...................... 1897-1903 Chicago ................... To succeed Palmer. Albert J. Hopkins, Rep. ..................... 1903-1909 Aurora..................... To succeed Mason. * William Lorimer, Rep. ....................... 1909-1912 Chicago ................... To succeed Hopkins. James Hamilton Lewis, Dem............ 1913-1919 Chicago ................... To succeed Cullom. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Rep. .............. 1913-1921 Springfield.............. In place of Lorimer. Medill McCormick, Rep.................... 1919-1925 Chicago ................... To succeed Lewis. William B. McKinley, Rep. ................ 1921-1927 Champaign ............. To succeed Sherman. Charles S. Deneen, Rep. .................... 1925-1931 Chicago ................... To succeed McCormick. †Frank L. Smith, Rep. .......................... 1927 Dwight .................... To succeed McKinley. Otis F. Glenn, Rep. ............................. 1928-1933 Murphysboro ......... In place of Frank L. Smith. James Hamilton Lewis, Dem............ 1931-1939 Chicago ................... To succeed Deneen; died April 9, 1939. William H. Dieterich, Dem. .............. 1933-1939 Beardstown............. To succeed Glenn. Scott W. Lucas, Dem. ......................... 1939-1951 Havana.................... To succeed Dieterich. James M. Slattery, Dem. .................... 1939-1940 Chicago ................... Appointed, to succeed Lewis, deceased. C. Wayland Brooks, Rep.................... 1940-1949 Chicago ................... To succeed Slattery. Paul H. Douglas, Dem....................... 1949-1967 Chicago ................... To succeed C. Wayland Brooks. Everett McKinley Dirksen, Rep........ 1951-1969 Pekin........................ To succeed Scott W. Lucas; died Sept. 7, 1969. Charles H. Percy, Rep. ....................... 1967-1985 Kenilworth.............. To succeed Douglas. Ralph T. Smith, Rep. .......................... 1969-1970 Alton........................ Appointed, to succeed Dirksen, deceased. Adlai E. Stevenson III, Dem. ............ 1970-1981 Chicago .................... To succeed Smith; resigned as State Treasurer to be sworn in as U.S. Senator. Alan J. Dixon, Dem............................ 1981-1993 Belleville ................. To succeed Stevenson. Paul Simon, Dem................................ 1985-1997 Makanda................. To succeed Percy. Carol Moseley-Braun, Dem. ............. 1993-1999 Chicago ................... To succeed Dixon. Richard J. Durbin, Dem..................... 1997-2003 Springfield.............. To succeed Simon. Peter G. Fitzgerald, Rep. ................... 1999-2005 Inverness................. To succeed Moseley-Braun. *Unseated, election being declared illegal by Senate. †Refused his seat by action of the Senate. 464 GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS Date of commission From what Name or qualification county Remarks Shadrach Bond, Dem. ................... Oct. 6, 1818 St. Clair............ Edward Coles, Dem. ..................... Dec. 5, 1822 Madison .......... Ninian Edwards, Dem.................. Dec. 6, 1826 Madison .......... Territorial