Sidney Breese
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Sidney Breese

Life and Law in an Expanding America

  1. 268 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Sidney Breese

Life and Law in an Expanding America

About this book

A central figure in Illinois' early history, Sidney Breese forged an eventful public life that spanned the state's transition from a frontier territory to a modern industrial society. Joseph A. Ranney tells the story of the lasting achievements and far-reaching legal decisions that defined Breese's career.

Born in New York, Breese moved to Illinois in 1818. An ambitious personality combined with acumen in law, politics, and business boosted Breese into the state's frontier elite and involved him in the political controversies that roiled the Jacksonian Era. First a circuit court judge, Breese rose to the state Supreme Court before his election to the US Senate in 1842. Breese focused his senatorial energies on westward expansion and transforming the nation into a world power—ambitions symbolized by his pivotal role in the creation of the Illinois Central Railroad. After returning to the state Supreme Court, Breese ruled on essential cases that enshrined expansionist jurisprudence in American law and regulated the growing power of corporations in post–Civil War America.

A first full-length biography, Sidney Breese places the life of an overlooked figure within legal and Illinois history.

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Information

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2026
Print ISBN
9780252089275
9780252049613
eBook ISBN
9780252048777
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Half-Title Page
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 From an Eastern to a Western Elite
  11. 2 Climbing to the Summit
  12. 3 A Senator for Young America
  13. 4 Duels with Douglas
  14. 5 A Justice Again: Matters Military and Domestic
  15. 6 Jacksonism Redux: Breese and the Granger Laws
  16. 7 Jacksonism Refined: Delineating Police Powers and Fashioning a Commercial Code for the Industrial Age
  17. 8 Final Years and Munn’s Aftermath
  18. Conclusion: Life and Law in an Expanding America
  19. Appendix 1. Survey of Illinois Supreme Court Cross Citations, 1820–1860
  20. Appendix 2. Survey of Illinois Tort Cases, 1860–1900
  21. Appendix 3. Survey of Illinois Police Power Cases, 1857–1900
  22. Notes
  23. Selected Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Back Cover

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