Green Berry Raum

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Green Berry Raum
Green Berry Raum

Green Berry Raum (December 3, 1829December 18, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Golconda, Illinois, Raum attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in Golconda 1853-1856. He moved to Kansas in 1856 and practiced his profession for two years. He returned to Illinois and settled in Harrisburg. During the Civil War served in the Union Army as major in the Fifty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of brigadier general. He resigned his commission May 6, 1865, and engaged in railroad building.

Raum was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He served as United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1876 to 1883 and United States Commissioner of Pensions from 1889 to 1893. He engaged in the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois, until his death there on December 18, 1909. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia.

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Preceded by
Andrew J. Kuykendall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 13th congressional district

March 4, 1867March 3, 1869
Succeeded by
John M. Crebs
Preceded by
Daniel D. Pratt
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
August 2, 1876April 30, 1883
Succeeded by
Walter Evans