Joel Aldrich Matteson
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Joel Aldrich Matteson (August 2, 1808 – January 31, 1873) was a Democratic governor of Illinois, serving from 1853 to 1857. The village of Matteson, Illinois is named in his honor.
| Preceded by: Augustus C. French | Governor of Illinois 1853–1857 | Succeeded by: William Henry Bissell |
| Governors of Illinois
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| Bond • Coles • Edwards • Reynolds • Ewing • Duncan • Carlin • Ford • French • Matteson • Bissell • Wood • Yates • Oglesby • Palmer • Oglesby • Beveridge • Cullom • Hamilton • Oglesby • Fifer • Altgeld • Tanner • Yates • Deneen • Dunne • Lowden • Small • Emmerson • Horner • Stelle • Green • Stevenson • Stratton • Kerner • Shapiro • Ogilvie • Walker • Thompson • Edgar • Ryan • Blagojevich |
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