James A. Rose

James A. Rose (October 13, 1850 – May 29, 1912) was an American politician and educator.

Born in Golconda, Pope County, Illinois, Rose went to Illinois Normal State University in Normal, Illinois. He taught school in Pope County, was elected county superintendent of schools in 1873, and state's attorney in 1881. Rose was a Republican. Rose served as Illinois Secretary of State from 1897 until his death in 1912. Rose died in Springfield, Illinois as a result of a stomach hemorrhage.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1909-1910,' Biographical Sketch of James A. Rose, pg. 12
↑ 'Secretary of State Rose Dies Of A Hemorrahge,' Chicago Tribune, May 30, 1912, vol. LXXL, no. 130, pg. 1

Political offices
Preceded by William H. Hinrichsen	Secretary of State of Illinois 1897–1912	Succeeded by Cornelius J. Doyle

Illinois Secretaries of State

Kane Lockwood Blackwell Birkbeck Forquer Field Douglas Trumbull Campbell Cooley Gregg Starne Hatch Tyndale Rummell Harlow Dement Pearson Hinrichsen Rose Doyle Woods Stevenson Emmerson Stratton Hughes Rowe Barrett Carpentier Chamberlain Powell Lewis Howlett Dixon Edgar Ryan White

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