Anthony Thornton was an American attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Anthony Thornton, ca. 1865
An older Anthony Thornton.
The Illinois State Bar Association is among the largest voluntary state bar associations in the United States. Approximately 28,000 lawyers are members of the ISBA. Unlike some state bar associations,
Anthony Thornton (politician)
…resumed the practice of law. He served as justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1870 to 1873, when he resigned. He served as president of the Illinois State Bar Association for four terms. He served as chairman of the State board of arbitration 1895–1897. He died in Shelbyville, Illinois, on September 10, 1904. He was…
Illinois State Bar Association in Springfield, Illinois
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