Keywords: Richard Yates.jpg Richard Yates head-and-shoulders portrait facing slightly left Whig Senator from Illinois 1851-1855; Governor of Illinois 1861-1865 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Daguerreotype collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3c10155 between 1844 1860 creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cph 3c10155 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 DEFAULTSORT Yates Richard Daguerreotypes by Mathew Brady Richard Yates 19th century politician Black and white photographic portraits of men Men facing left |