Adjudicating Illinois: Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court is a biographical compilation of the lives and careers of the 117 individuals (113 men and 4 women) who have sat on the Supreme Court of Illinois since 1818. The roster of justices includes governors, senators, a presidential candidate, a professional football player, and career lawyers and judges. Part reference and part narrative, Adjudicating Illinois tells the story of Illinois through the people who decided the state’s paramount issues and through the cases that demonstrate changes in society, agriculture, technology, and many other issues affecting Illinois and beyond.