Yates family.
Father and son governors of Illinois, from Jacksonville in Morgan County. Richard, Sr. served as congressman from Illinois for two terms from 1850 through 1854. Elected governor in 1860 to serve throughout the Civil War and then elected to senate for only one term. Richard, Jr. first elected as Morgan County Judge in 1894, governor in 1900 and then conservative congressman-at-large from 1919-1932. Richard, Sr. was ardently anti-slavery, in favor of "universal suffrage" and equal rights and emphatically in favor of impeaching President Johnson.
From the description of Papers, 1789-1936. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 48749270
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| creatorOf | Yates family. Papers, 1789-1936. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library |
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| associatedWith | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. | person |
| associatedWith | Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891. | person |
| associatedWith | Illinois. Governor (1861-1865 : Yates) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Illinois. Governor (1901-1905 : Yates) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Illinois. Office of the Governor | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 | person |
| associatedWith | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | person |
| associatedWith | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Congress. Senate. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yates, Catherine (Catherine Geers), 1823- | person |
| associatedWith | Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. | person |
| associatedWith | Yates, Richard, 1860-1936. | person |
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