Bills Thomas Ford, Illinois Supreme Court judge, author, and the eighth governor of Illinois Earl E. Herrin, Illinois state representative Jason Isringhausen, pitcher with five MLB teams; lived in Edwardsville Mannie Jackson, chairman and CEO of the Harlem Globetrotters; purchased the team in 1993 Thomas Judy, Illinois legislator Charles E. Lippincott, California State Senator and Illinois Auditor Mark Little, outfielder with five Major League Baseball teams; born in Edwardsville José Martínez, first baseman/outfielder for the New York Mets; Lived in Edwardsville Laurie Metcalf, actress (Jackie Harris on Roseanne) Joseph P. Newsham, lawyer and US congressman from Louisiana Billie Poole, jazz singer John Reynolds, speaker of the Illinois House, US congressman, Illinois Supreme Court justice, and the fourth governor of Illinois AJ Schnack, director of Kurt Cobain: About a Son Jesse L. Simpson, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court James W. Stephenson, American militia officer and politician from the state of Illinois. He was born in Virginia but spent most of his youth in Edwardsville. Sam M. Vadalabene, Illinois state legislator Lee Wheat, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics; born in Edwardsville Rudolph G. Wilson, first black school board member/president in the city's history and educational leader for more than 45 years. See also Benjamin Stephenson House References External links City of Edwardsville website Edwardsville Public Library Edwardsville Intelligencer newspaper website Leclaire National Historic District Historic Saint Louis Street Association Edwardsville Arts Center Edwardsville, IL on Weather Underground, Local Weather Information "Edwardsville's first modern house", about The Griffin House Metro-East Lutheran High School, A Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod high school Cities in Illinois Cities in Madison County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1818 1818 establishments in Illinois Territory