Last week, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza delivered to the Illinois State Archives several pieces of state documentation for 44th US President Barack Obama.
The State Archives serve as the depository of public records from Illinois state and local governmental agencies which have permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values. The Archives contain an extensive collection of state documents.
From 1997 to 2004, Obama served as a senator in the Illinois General Assembly from the upstate 13th Senate District; he resigned from that office in November of 2004 upon being elected a US Senator when he overwhelmingly beat out Republican Alan Keyes for the seat vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald.
Among the files delivered to the Archives are documents containing information about Obama’s salary and benefits as a member of the State Senate; his original oath of office, personnel records, and his resignation from office to serve in the US Senate. Some of the documents include original signatures of the former president.
The paperwork joins the likes of other historical documents in the State Archives such as the Illinois Constitution; the Land Plat for Chicago when it was incorporated as a town in 1833; a telegram from Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull who co-authored the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery; as well as the 1909 registration of the label for Malört liquor.
“While this is just a small component of Obama history, I am honored to deliver files that will provide a snapshot of my former legislative colleague’s historic and ground-breaking public career to the State Archives,” said Comptroller Mendoza.
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December 22, 2024 at 09:17PM
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