NINIAN EDWARDS

'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 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 US 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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★ His son also named Ninian Edwards was married to 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. Edwards County, Illinois was named for him.

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★ ''The Political Graveyard''

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★ Biographical Directory of Congress Entry