Asa C. Matthews
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Asa Carrington Matthews (March 22, 1833 – June 14, 1908) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
Early life and education
Born in Pike County, Illinois, Matthews went to the public schools. He went to McKendree College and Illinois College.
Career
In 1857, Matthew was admitted to the Illinois bar. During the American Civil War, Matthew served in the 99th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On June 23, 1865, in Doaksville, OK Matthews accepted the surrender of Brigadier General Stand Waite, the last Confederate General to surrender in the Civil War.{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/civil-wars-final-surrender|title=The Civil War's final surrender}} He then practiced law in Pittsfield, Illinois. Matthews was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives and served as the speaker. Matthews was a Republican. He also was appointed Illinois Circuit Court judge in 1885. Matthews also served as collector of the United States Internal Revenue. In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Matthews comptroller of the United States Treasury.
In 1893, Matthews wrote a vignette for the World's Fair predicting what life in the U.S. would be like 100 years in the future.{{Cite web|url=https://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/corporations/docs/matthews.html |title=The United States of the Americas |date=1893 |last=Matthews |first=Asa C. |accessdate=August 9, 2016 |location=Illinois |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809155927/https://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/corporations/docs/matthews.html |archivedate=August 9, 2016 }} His predictions were grandiose, predicting the U.S. having 60 states and controlling all of North America.
Later life and education
Matthews died suddenly at his home in Pittsfield, Illinois.{{Cite news|url=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2013/97/35688945_136547424074.jpg |accessdate=August 9, 2016 |title=Col. A. C. Matthews Is Dead |work=Bloomington Weekly Pantagraph |date=June 19, 1908 |page=5 |location=Bloomington |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809172209/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2013/97/35688945_136547424074.jpg |archivedate=August 9, 2016 }}'Courts and Lawyers of Illinois,' Volume II, Frederic Crossley-editor, American Historical Society. Chicago, Illinois 1914, Biographical Sketch of Asa C. Matthews, pg. 671-673
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|35688945}}
{{Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives}}
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Category:People from Pittsfield, Illinois
Category:People of Illinois in the American Civil War
Category:Illinois College alumni
Category:McKendree University alumni
Category:Comptrollers of the United States Treasury
Category:Illinois state court judges
Category:Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Category:19th-century Illinois state court judges
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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