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Richard Yates

Richard Yates

Former Governor of Illinois
Richard Yates was the author of the novels "Revolutionary Road, A Special Providence, Disturbing the Peace, The Easter Parade, A Good School, Young Hearts Crying, "and "Cold Spring Harbor, "as well as the short story collections "Eleven Kinds of... Google Books
Born: January 18, 1815, Warsaw, KY
Died: November 27, 1873 (age 58 years), St. Louis, MO
Children: Richard Yates
Previous offices: Senator, IL (1865–1871), Governor of Illinois (1861–1865), Representative (1853–1855), and more