Academy in Alton Lyman Trumbull, United States Senator from Illinois and coauthor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Robert Wadlow, at 8 feet and 11.1 inches, the tallest known person in history Minor Watson, stage and screen actor Jesse White, 37th Secretary of State of Illinois Beals Wright, Hall of Fame tennis player, died in Alton Rick Yager, cartoonist See also Alton (Amtrak station) Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois References Further reading Eliza Oddy, A Mississippi Diary: From St Paul, Minnesota to Alton, Illinois, October 1894 to May 1895. Edited by Andrew Hook, with an Afterword by Heather Eggins. (The Grimsay Press, 2013). External links Official website for the City of Alton Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Alton 1994 reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Alton televised by C-SPAN (Debate preview and Debate review) Cities in Illinois Cities in Madison County, Illinois Populated places established in 1818 Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River Populated places on the Underground Railroad 1818 establishments in Illinois Territory