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RICHARD YATES (1818-1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 908 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD See also:YATES (1818-1873)  , See also:American See also:political See also:leader, was See also:born at See also:Warsaw, See also:Kentucky, on the 18th of See also:January 1818 . He graduated at the See also:Illinois See also:College at See also:Jacksonville in 1838, was admitted to the See also:bar, and entered politics as a Whig . From 1842 to 1845 and again in 1849 he served in the See also:state See also:House of Representatives . He was a representative in See also:Congress in 1851-18J5, but having become a Republican, was defeated for a third See also:term . From 1861 to 1865 he was See also:governor of Illinois, and was successful in enlisting troops and in checking the strong See also:pro-See also:Southern sentiment in the state . He was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1865-71, and was prominent in Reconstruction legislation . He died at St See also:Louis, See also:Missouri, on the 27th of See also:November 1873 . His son See also:Richard (b . 186o) was governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905 .

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