Charles E. Jefferson [SEP] position held
Charles E. Jefferson
Charles E. Jefferson is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, who represented the 67th District from April 2001 to July 2014. He served as Assistant Majority Leader. He resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives July 1, 2014. He was a member of the Winnebago County Board prior to serving as a State Representative.
External links.
- Representative Charles E. Jefferson (D) 67th District at the Illinois General Assembly
- By session: 98th, 97th, 96th, 95th
. An annual six-week Barnum Festival was held for many years in Bridgeport as a tribute to Barnum. The Bethel Historical Society commissioned a life-sized sculpture to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth, created by local resident David Gesualdi and placed outside the public library. The statue was dedicated on September 26, 2010.
Barnum co-founded the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company in 1883 with Charles E. Tooker, which continues to operate across the Long Island Sound between Port Jefferson, New York and Bridgeport.