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Official Illinois State Symbols
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State Flower: Purple Violet
State Bird: Cardinal
State Tree: White Oak
State Dance: Square Dance
State Nickname: Prairie State
State Prairie Grass: Big Bluestem
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- State Mineral: Fluorite
- State Fossil: Tully Monster
- State Animal: White-tailed Deer
- State Fish: Bluegill
- State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
- State Motto: State sovereignty, national union
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Illinois Government Facts
Governor: Rod R. Blagojevich
Attorney General: Lisa Madigan
Secretary of State: Jesse White
State Treasurer: Alexi Giannoulias
Lieutenant Governor: Pat Quinn
Number of State Senators: 59
Number of State Representatives: 118
Members of the US Senate: 2 – Richard Durbin (D), Barack Obama (D) [Retiring]
Members of the US House of Representatives: 19 - Judy Biggert, Jerry F. Costello, Danny K. Davis, Rahm Emanuel, Luis Gutierrez, Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Timothy V. Johnson, Mark Kirk, Ray LaHood, Daniel. Lipinski, Donald Manzullo, Bobby L. Rush, Jan Schakowsky, John Shimkus, Jerry Weller, Melissa Bean, Bill Foster, Peter Roskam, Phil Hare Resources
Books:
- City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America by Donald L. Miller
- A natural History of the Chicago Region by Joel Greenberg
- Chicago’s Loop (Then and Now) by Janice Knox & Heather Olivia Belcher
Organizations:
Chicago Historical Society
312.642.4600
The Illinois State Historical Society
217.525.2781
Harold Washington Library Center Social Sciences Division
312.747.4600
Web Sites:
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