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See also: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
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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
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From 1842 to 1845 and again in 1849 he served in the See also:state See also:House of Representatives
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He was a representative in See also:Congress in 1851-18J5, but having become a Republican, was defeated for a third See also:term
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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
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He was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1865-71, and was prominent in Reconstruction legislation
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He died at St See also: |
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