Ninian Edwards

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Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards
In office
December 6, 1826 – December 6, 1830
Lieutenant(s) William Kinney
Preceded by Edward Coles
Succeeded by John Reynolds
Born March 17, 1775
Montgomery County, Maryland
Died July 20, 1833
Belleville, Illinois
Political party Democratic-Republican

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]

  • 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.

Preceded by
None		 United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois
1818–1824
Served alongside: Jesse B. Thomas		 Succeeded by
John McLean
Preceded by
Edward Coles		 Governor of Illinois
1826–1830		 Succeeded by
John Reynolds
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