GREEN BERRY RAUM

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'Green Berry Raum' (December 3, 1829 - December 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.
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1876-1883.
United States Commissioner of Pensions 1889-1893.
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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