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Ninian Edwards

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Date of birth	March 17, 1775
Place of birth	Montgomery County, Maryland
Date of death	July 20, 1833(age 58)
Place of death	Belleville, Illinois
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Spouse	Elvira Lane
Children	Ninian, Julia Catherine
3 Governor of Illinois
In office	December 6, 1826 - December 6, 1830
Lieutenant	William Kinney
Succeeded by	John Reynolds
Preceded by	Edward Coles

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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 the third 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.

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Preceded by Edward Coles	Governor of Illinois 1826 - 1830	Succeeded by John Reynolds
	Governor of Illinois Territory 1809 - 1818	Succeeded by Shadrach Bond as Governor of Illinois

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