Keywords: Richard Yates governor - Brady-Handy.jpg Gov Richard Yates of Ill Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 01381 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 4574 A <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cwpbh 01381 Richard Yates January 18 1818 - November 27 1873 was governor of Illinois during the American Civil War and has been considered the greatest war governor during that period When the war began Gov Yates sent more Illinois troops to aid the Union than any other state He also represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives 1851-1855 and as a U S Senator 1865-1871 This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 Photographs by Mathew Brady Yates Richard Profile portrait photographs of men Richard Yates 19th century politician Black and white photographic portraits of men Yates Richard Men facing right |