Sidney Breese

Name: Sidney Breese
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Life and Law in an Expanding America

Joseph A. Ranney

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University of Illinois Press
26 May 2026

Biography: historical, political & military; History of the Americas; Legal profession: general; Local history

A central figure in Illinois' early history, Sidney Breese forged an eventful public life that spanned the state's transition from a frontier territory to a modern industrial society. Joseph A. Ranney tells the story of the lasting achievements and far-reaching legal decisions that defined Breese's career.

Born in New York, Breese moved to Illinois in 1818. An ambitious personality combined with acumen in law, politics, and business boosted Breese into the state's frontier elite and involved him in the political controversies that roiled the Jacksonian Era. First a circuit court judge, Breese rose to the state Supreme Court before his election to the US Senate in 1842. Breese focused his senatorial energies on westward expansion and transforming the nation into a world power—ambitions symbolized by his pivotal role in the creation of the Illinois Central Railroad. After returning to the state Supreme Court, Breese ruled on essential cases that enshrined expansionist jurisprudence in American law and regulated the growing power of corporations in post–Civil War America.

A first full-length biography, Sidney Breese places the life of an overlooked figure within legal and Illinois history.

By: Joseph A. Ranney
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780252089275
ISBN 10: 0252089278
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 26 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1: From an Eastern to a Western Elite Chapter 2: Climbing to the Summit Chapter 3: A Senator for Young America Chapter 4: Duels with Douglas Chapter 5: A Justice Again: Matters Military and Domestic Chapter 6: Jacksonism Redux: Breese and the Granger Laws Chapter 7: Jacksonism Modified: Delineating Police Powers and Fashioning a Commercial Code for the Industrial Age Chapter 8: Final Years and Munn's Aftermath Chapter 9: Conclusion: Young America and the Law Appendix 1: Survey of Illinois Supreme Court Cross Citations, 1820-1860 Appendix 2: Survey of Illinois Tort Cases, 1860-1900 Appendix 3: Survey of Illinois Police-Power Cases, 1857-1900

Joseph A. Ranney is an adjunct professor and the Adrian Schoone Fellow at Marquette Law School. His books include Bridging Revolutions: The Lives of Chief Justices Richmond Pearson and John Belton O'Neall and The Burdens of All: A Social History of American Tort Law.