Yates, Richard, Jr. (1860-1936)

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Birth Date

1860-12-12

Death Date

1936-04-11

Birthplace

Jacksonville, IL

Biographical Text

Richard Yates Jr. was the son of Richard Yates, the former Governor of Illinois. Yates began his career as a journalist in Jacksonville, IL, and then became the city's attorney from 1885 to 1891. Yates served as a county judge and a tax collector in Springfield, before himself being elected governor of Illinois on the Republican ticket. Yates was the 22nd Governor of Illinois, serving from 1901 to 1905. He lost a re-election bid and worked for a few years as a state commissioner on utilities before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1919, serving until 1933 with the support of the Anti-Saloon League. Yates lost his election when Democrats swept into the Congress on Franklin Roosevelt's coattails. Yates died in 1936.

Yates married Helen Wadsworth in 1888 and had two daughters.

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DeLisi, Julianne

Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1901

Bibliography and Links

"Richard Yates Dies Suddenly in Springfield," Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1936, p. 1.

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“Yates, Richard, Jr. (1860-1936),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed August 2, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/84.