Illinois Voting Records

Online Resources

 * 1888 Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1888 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1890 Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1890 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1892 Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1892 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Voting Rights History

 * By 1856: Universal white male suffrage
 * 1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race
 * 1913: Women are given the right to vote

What Can be Found in the Records
For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain:
 * Name
 * Birth place
 * Residence
 * Years living in city, county, state
 * Whether naturalized, date, court

How to Find Voter Records
Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps:
 * Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in Illinois
 * Go to United States, Illinois
 * Once there, click on "Places within United States, Illinois"
 * Select the county that contains your town of interest
 * If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers"