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YATES, RICHARD (1818-1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 908 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RICHARD (1818-1873) , See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Warsaw, See also:

KENTUCKY

Kentucky, on the 18th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1818. He graduated at the See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at See also:

JACKSONVILLE

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 (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress in 1851-18J5, but having become a Republican, was defeated for a third See also:

TERM

term. From 1861 to 1865 he was See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Illinois, and was successful in enlisting troops and in checking the strong See also:

pro-See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern sentiment in the state. He was a member of the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1865-71, and was prominent in Reconstruction legislation. He died at St See also:

Louis, See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri, on the 27th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1873. His son Richard (b. 186o) was governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905.

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