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*State Treasurer [[Dan Rutherford]] (R)
*State Treasurer [[Dan Rutherford]] (R)
*State Comptroller [[Judy Baar Topinka]] (R)
*State Comptroller [[Judy Baar Topinka]] (R)
===State Facts===
*Illinois State Tree – white oak
*Illinois State Bird – cardinal
*Illinois State Fish – bluegill
*Illinois State Animal – white-tailed deer
*Illinois State Insect – monarch butterfly
*Illinois State Mineral – fluorite
*Illinois State Prairie Grass – big bluestem
*Illinois State Reptile – painted turtle
*Illinois State Flower – violet
*Illinois State Snack – popcorn
*Illinois State Fruit – goldrush apple
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Buck, Solon J. ''Illinois in 1818'' (1917) excellent history [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/Centennial_History/Illinois_in_1818/home.html complete text online]
* Buck, Solon J. ''Illinois in 1818'' (1917) excellent history [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/Centennial_History/Illinois_in_1818/home.html complete text online]
* Walton, Clyde C. ed. ''An Illinois reader' '(1970). primary and secondary sources
* Walton, Clyde C. ed. ''An Illinois reader' '(1970). primary and secondary sources
* Works Progress Administration. ''The WPA guide to Illinois: the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Illinois.'' (1939), very good primary source
* Works Progress Administration. ''The WPA guide to Illinois: the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Illinois.'' (1939), very good primary source
* The source for the facts [http://www.dnr.state.il.us/education/CLASSRM/IllinoisFactsFinal.pdf]
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