Ninian Edwards
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Ninian Edwards (March 17, 1775–July 20, 1833) was a U.S. political figure. Born in 1775 in Montgomery County, Maryland, he served as the last governor of Illinois Territory between 1809 from 1818 and again as governor of Illinois (as a state) from 1826 until 1830. He served as a US Senator from Illinois from 1818 to 1824. Upon his death in 1833 in Belleville, Illinois, Edwards was interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery. [1]
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- His son also named Ninian Edwards was married to a sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. Their daugther Julia Cook Edwards married Edward Lewis Baker editor of the "Illinois State Journal" and son of Congressman David Jewett Baker.
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| Preceded by: no one | Class 3 U.S. Senator from Illinois 1818–1824 | Succeeded by: John McLean |
| Preceded by: Edward Coles | Governor of Illinois 1826–1830 | Succeeded by: John Reynolds |
| 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 |
