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

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