Cicero Lindly

Cicero Jefferson Lindly (1857–1926) was an American politician and judge who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Raised in Southern Illinois, he attended McKendree University where he eventually received a Bachelor of Laws.

In that year's election, Landly was a staunch advocate of fellow Illinoisan Shelby Moore Cullom's candidacy for the Republican nomination until the latter dropped out and supported Benjamin Harrison.

In the 1891 United States Senate election, he was a compromise candidate to try and win over the three representatives of the Farmers' Alliance.

[2] In 1897, Governor John Riley Tanner appointed Lindly to be Chairman of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.