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  Yates, Richard
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NameRichard Yates
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Jacksonville, Illinois , United States
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Born January 18, 1815
DiedNovember 27, 1873 (58 years)
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Jul 14, 2015 03:20am
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Info (father of Richard Yates [1860-1936]), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky., January 18, 1815; attended the common schools; moved to Illinois in 1831; graduated from Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill, in 1835; studied law at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Ill.; member, State house of representatives 1842-1845, 1848-1849; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; Governor of Illinois 1861-1865; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1863; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1871; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-ninth and Forty-first Congresses), Committee on Territories (Fortieth Congress); appointed by President Ulysses Grant as a United States commissioner to inspect a land subsidy railroad; died suddenly in St. Louis, Mo., November 27, 1873; interment in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.


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Son Richard Yates, Jr. 1860-1936

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  01/05/1865 IL US Senate Won 59.81% (+19.63%)
  01/12/1863 IL US Senate Special Lost 36.89% (-26.21%)
  11/06/1860 IL Governor Won 51.19% (+3.85%)
  05/09/1860 IL Governor-R Convention Won 57.08% (+19.81%)
  11/07/1854 IL District 06 Lost 49.50% (-1.00%)
  11/02/1852 IL District 06 Won 51.09% (+2.17%)
  11/05/1850 IL District 07 Won 52.84% (+5.69%)
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