# Terry Deering

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Terry_Deering
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Terry_Deering.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deering
> Source revision: 1349729742
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Terry Deering** (November 7, 1958 – June 26, 1997) was an American legislator and coal miner who served as a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Illinois House of Representatives](/source/Illinois_House_of_Representatives) from January 1991 until his death in June 1997.

## Biographical sketch

Born in [DuQuoin, Illinois](/source/DuQuoin,_Illinois), Deering went to Nashville High School in [Nashville, Illinois](/source/Nashville,_Illinois). He was a coal miner and then served as Mayor of [Du Bois, Illinois](/source/Du_Bois,_Illinois). In the 1990 general election Deering defeated [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) incumbent [Charles Wayne Goforth](/source/Charles_Wayne_Goforth) in what was regarded as an upset.[1] He served in the [Illinois House of Representatives](/source/Illinois_House_of_Representatives), as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), from 1990 until his death. He died in an auto accident near [Du Bois, Illinois](/source/Du_Bois,_Illinois).[2][3] Local Democratic Party leaders appointed [Dan Reitz](/source/Dan_Reitz), a County Commissioner in [Randolph County](/source/Randolph_County,_Illinois), to succeed Deering.[4]

## Notes

1. Klemens, Michael D. ["Same parties, new faces, realignments"](https://www.lib.niu.edu/1990/ii901208.html). *Illinois Issues*. **16** (12): 11. [Sangamon State University](/source/Sangamon_State_University). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

1. [DuBois Legislator Is Killed In Car Accident](https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/27/dubois-legislator-is-killed-in-car-accident/)

1. 'Illinois Blue Book 1997-1998,' Biographical Sketch of Terry Deering, pg. 61

1. Bode, Gus (July 23, 1997). ["Designation of Randolph County commissioner to the post previously held by Rep Deering, has left Brown, more motivated than ever"](http://dailyegyptian.com/46626/archives/the-designation-of-randolph-county-commissioner-dan-reitz-to-the-post-previously-held-by-ill-house-rep-terry-deering-d-dubois-has-left-barb-brown-reitzs-most-formidable-opponent-in-the-selection/). *[The Daily Egyptian](/source/The_Daily_Egyptian)*. Retrieved November 18, 2016.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Terry Deering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deering) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deering?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.