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YATES, RICHARD (1818-1873)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 908 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: YAK-ZYM
YATES, RICHARD (1818-1873) , American political
leader
 , was born at
Warsaw
 , Kentucky, on the 18th of January 1818. He graduated at the
Illinois
  College at Jacksonville in 1838, was admitted to the bar, and entered politics as a Whig. From 1842 to 1845 and again in 1849 he served in the state
House
  of Representatives. He was a representative in Congress in 1851-18J5, but having become a Republican, was defeated for a third
term
 . From 1861 to 1865 he was
governor
  of
Illinois
 , and was successful in enlisting troops and in checking the strong pro-Southern sentiment in the state. He was a member of the United States Senate in 1865-71, and was prominent in Reconstruction legislation. He died at St Louis, Missouri, on the 27th of November 1873. His son
Richard
  (b. 186o) was
governor
  of Illinois from 1901 to 1905.


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