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About Richard Yates
Richard Yates Sr. was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th governor of Illinois from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. He also represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855 and the United States Senate from 1865 to 1871.
Everything about Richard Yates →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, governor, jurist
- Position held
- United States representative, Governor of Illinois, member of the Illinois House of Representatives, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 18, 1815, January 18, 1818
- Died
- November 27, 1873