Illinois

Entered State Hood

December 3, 1818

Capital

Springfield

Famous People

Homer Z. Martin inventor
Stanley Mazor inventor
Robert A. Millikan physicist
Sherrill Milnes baritone
Bill Murray actor
John G. Neihardt poet Bob Newhart actor, comedian
Frank Norris author
Ronald Reagan U.S. president

President

Ronald Wilson Reagan

State Bird

Cardinal

State Tree

White Oak

State Flower

Purple Violet

State Nickname

Prairie State

State Motto

State sovereignty, national union