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Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,086. [1] Its county seat is Havana. [2] The county is named in honor of George Mason, a member of the Virginia legislature who campaigned for the adoption of the United States Bill of Rights.
Alcona County Herald: On March 10, 1910, the newspaper changed its name to the Alcona County Herald, with Rola E. Prescott as the publisher. Interestingly, it was the only country weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with lively cartoons on county subjects in every issue.
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Havana is located in western Mason County on the Illinois River. U.S. Route 136 passes through the city as Dearborn Street, South Promenade Street, and East Laurel Street, leading east 24 miles (39 km) to San Jose and west 40 miles (64 km) to Macomb. US 136 crosses the Illinois River on the Scott Wike Lucas Bridge.
He moved to Pawnee, Illinois, in 1903 and engaged in the newspaper publishing business. Mason was a secretary for Congressman J. Earl Major from 1930 to 1933. He served as treasurer of Sangamon County in 1933 and 1934. Mason was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936, and returned ...
Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and New York. It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats.
Margaret Ashmore Sudduth was born on a farm in Mason County, Illinois, June 29, 1959. [2] Her parents were Dr. James McCreary Sudduth (1827–1895) and Amanda Elizabeth Sudduth (1828–1898). She had two siblings, a brother, Dr. William Xavier Sudduth, and a sister, Alice Sudduth Byerly. Her father had built up an extensive practice in Central ...