Richard Yates (son)
| Richard Yates Jr. | |
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| 22nd Governor of Illinois | |
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In office January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905 |
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| Lieutenant | William A. Northcott |
| Preceded by | John R. Tanner |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Deneen |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district | |
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In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Medill McCormick |
| Succeeded by | Walter Nesbit |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1860 Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 1936 (aged 75) Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Wadsworth |
| Children | ? |
| Residence | Jacksonville; Springfield; Harbor Springs, Michigan |
| Alma mater |
Illinois College University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Attorney; County judge |
| Profession | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States National Guard |
| Years of service | 1885–1890 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Illinois |
Richard Yates Jr. (December 12, 1860 – April 11, 1936) was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Although he failed to receive his party's nomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, he was later appointed nominee and elected in place of Henry R. Rathbone who died prior to the election. In 1932, he was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the Seventy-third Congress.
His father, also Richard Yates, was also an Illinois politician; indeed the senior Yates was Illinois' popular Civil War governor, and the younger Yates spent a portion of his boyhood living in the Executive Mansion in Springfield, which would one day again be his home. The son was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and attended public schools and, from 1870 to 1874, the Illinois Woman's College (now MacMurray College). He was the city editor of the Daily Courier in 1878 and 1879, and of the Daily Journal 1881–1883. Yates graduated from Illinois College in Jacksonville in 1880 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1884. He practiced law in Jacksonville and was city attorney of Jacksonville 1885–1890 and county judge of Morgan County 1894–1897. From 1897 to 1900 Yates was United States collector of internal revenue for the eighth internal revenue district.
In 1900, Yates was elected governor in his own right, at not yet 40 years of age. He began his campaign in a "dark horse" capacity under the cloak of neutrality, which won him support from Senator Shelby Moore Cullom's "federal crowd". Congressman William Lorimer, who had backed another candidate in a field of well-known men, suddenly switched at the Republican convention, grabbing up a Yates banner and proceeding to stampede the convention. This played out with the results of the third ballot never being announced; Yates was then nominated on the fourth. The subsequent election, decisive, sent Yates to the governor's chair, by 61,233 votes over Democrat Samuel Alschuler of Aurora.
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