Ninian Edwards
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Ninian Edwards
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| In office December 6, 1826 – December 6, 1830 |
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| Lieutenant | William Kinney |
| Preceded by | Edward Coles |
| Succeeded by | John Reynolds |
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| Born | March 17, 1775 Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Died | July 20, 1833 (aged 58) Belleville, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse | Elvira Lane |
| Children | Ninian, Julia Catherine |
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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, Edwards served as the only governor of Illinois Territory between 1809 and 1818 and again as governor of Illinois (as a state) from 1826 until 1830. He served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1818 to 1824.
Upon his death from cholera in 1833 in Belleville, Illinois, Edwards was interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery.[1]
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[edit] Family
- One son, Albert Gallatin Edwards (1812 - 1892) was an assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. In 1887 he founded the brokerage firm, A. G. Edwards, in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- Another son, also named Ninian Edwards, was married to Elizabeth Porter Todd, a sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. Their daughter Julia Cook Edwards married Edward Lewis Baker editor of the Illinois State Journal and son of Congressman David Jewett Baker.
- His son-in-law, Daniel Pope Cook, was a U.S. Congressman, and his grandson John Cook was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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- Edwards County, Illinois was named for him; as is the St. Louis, Missouri Metro-East area city of Edwardsville, Illinois.
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- Ninian Edwards at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 350–351. http://books.google.com/books?id=s_wTAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved on 2008-11-10.
- Perrin, William Henry (1884). Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky : historical and biographical. F.A. Battey Publishing Company. pp. 83–85.
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United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 1818–1824 Served alongside: Jesse B. Thomas |
Succeeded by John McLean |
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Governor of Illinois Territory 1809–1818 |
Succeeded by Shadrach Bond as Governor of Illinois |
| Preceded by Edward Coles |
Governor of Illinois 1826–1830 |
Succeeded by John Reynolds |
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