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Robert K. McLaughlin Home
CITY:
Vandalia
COUNTY:
Fayette
DEDICATED BY:
The Illinois State Historical Society
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1900 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is located in Vandalia on Main Street near 3rd Street.
On this site lived Robert K. McLaughlin, State Treasurer 1820-1823, State Senator 1828-1832, 1836-1837, and Register of the United States Land Office 1837-1845. Here the Governors of Illinois resided when the legislature was in session. The McLaughlin home was the social center during the time the capital was in Vandalia.
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