Richard Yates Small 240×320 Medium 480×640 Large 768×1024 Download TIFF Original 1800×2400 | (1.3 MB) Description The war governor of Illinois, born in Warsaw, Kentucky, Jan. 18, 1818; died in St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 27, 1873. Keywords USGovernor, Yates Galleries Famous People: X-Z, Illinois, US Governors Source: B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909)