Ninian Edwards

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Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.

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instanceOf American politician
human
appointedBy James Madison
birthDate 1775-03-17
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery
causeOfDeath cholera
child Benjamin Stephenson Edwards
Ninian Wirt Edwards NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1833-07-20
educatedAt College of New Jersey
Dickinson College
Washington and Lee University
Winchester Law School
endTime 1818-12-03
ethnicGroup Welsh Americans
familyName Edwards
givenName Ninian
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
National Republican Party
namesake Edwards County, Illinois
Edwards County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Edwardsville, Illinois
nativeLanguage English
notableWork leadership in early governance of Illinois Territory
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime (Governor of Illinois) 1830-12-06
officeEndTime (U.S. Senator from Illinois) 1824-03-04
officeStartTime (Governor of Illinois) 1826-12-06
officeStartTime (U.S. Senator from Illinois) 1818-12-03
ordinalInOffice 3rd Governor of Illinois
participatedIn War of 1812 (as territorial leader)
placeOfBirth Montgomery County, Maryland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Belleville, Illinois NERFINISHED
positionHeld Governor of Illinois
Governor of Illinois Territory
United States Senator from Illinois
practicedLawIn Illinois Territory
Kentucky
religion Presbyterianism
represented Illinois
residence Belleville, Illinois NERFINISHED
Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory
sexOrGender male
spouse Elvira Lane
startTime 1809-06-01
studied law

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Ninian Edwards ("Ninian")
givenName
Edwards
hasNotableBearer
Oak Ridge Cemetery
hasNotableBurial

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