Richard Yates (politician)

1. Bohn (2011), pp. 18, 21.
2. Bohn (2011), pp. 28–29.
3. Hicken (1991).
4. Reavis (1881), p. 29.
5. Reavis (1881), p. 7.
6. Bohn (2011), p. 18.
7. Reavis (1881), p. 11.
8. Reavis (1881), p. 12.
9. Reavis (1881), p. 13.
10. Bohn (2011), p. 22.
11. Bohn (2011), p. 34.
12. Bohn (2011), pp. 17, 24–25.
13. Bohn (2011), pp. 34–35.
14. Bohn (2011), p. 17.
15. Reavis (1881), pp. 19–20.
16. Bohn (2011), p. 21.
17. Bohn (2011), p. 26.
18. Bohn (2011), p. 22-23.
19. Bohn (2011), pp. 18, 24.
20. Cole (1919).
21. Reavis (1881), p. 25.
22. Bohn (2011), p. 29-30.
23. Reavis (1881), pp. 26–27.
24. Reavis (1881), p. 30.

Bibliography

• Bohn, Roger E. (2011). "Richard Yates: An Appraisal of his Value as the Civil War Governor of Illinois". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 104 (1/2): 17–37. doi:10.2307/41201301. JSTOR   41201301. S2CID   140963870.
• Cole, Arthur Charles (1919). The Era of the Civil War 1848–1870. Volume 3 of the Centennial History of Illinois. The standard scholarly history.
• Hicken, Victor (1991). Illinois in the Civil War. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   0-252-06165-9.
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois, Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887 – online as part of Illinois History, an ILGenWeb project
• Reavis, L. U. (February 7, 1881). The Life and Public Services of Richard Yates, the War Governor of Illinois: A Lecture Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Springfield, Illinois, Tuesday Evening, March 1st, 1881. J.H. Chambers & Company – via Google Books.

External links

• Illinois Blue Book 2005–2006
• Digital collections of the Yates Family Papers and Yates (Wabash College) Papers at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum website

Richard Yates
Yates c. 1860–75
United States Senator from Illinois
In office March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1871

Party political offices
Preceded by William Henry Bissell	Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois 1860	Succeeded by Richard J. Oglesby
Political offices
Preceded by John Wood	Governor of Illinois 1861–1865	Succeeded by Richard J. Oglesby
U.S. Senate
Preceded by William A. Richardson	U.S. senator (Class 2) from Illinois 1865–1871 Served alongside: Lyman Trumbull	Succeeded by John A. Logan
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thompson Campbell	Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 6th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Succeeded by Thomas L. Harris
Preceded by Thomas L. Harris	Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th congressional district March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Succeeded by James C. Allen