Aspinwall was elected tax assessor for Florence Town and held a variety of other minor offices there . He later elected to the county board of supervisors , where he served a four-year term . Aspinwall was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention , supporting former President Ulysses S. Grant . In 1892 , Aspinwall was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Republican . He served two four-year terms in the legislature . In 1896 , Aspinwall campaigned for William McKinley
1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
Homer F. Aspinwall