Richard Yates Rowe (December 12, 1888 – March 19, 1973) was an American politician and businessman.

Biography

Born in

Jacksonville, Illinois Jacksonville is a city in Morgan County, Illinois, Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,446 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County. It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the ...

, Rowe served in the

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during

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. He received his bachelor's degree from

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

. He worked in the insurance and newspaper businesses. Rowe was a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or again ...

. In 1944, Rowe was appointed Illinois Secretary of State to fill a vacancy and then in 1946 was elected Illinois State Treasurer. His son was

Harris Rowe Frederick Harris Rowe (November 10, 1923 – September 8, 2013) was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Rowe graduated from Jacksonville High School and then served in the United States Army Air F ...

who served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

. Rowe died in

on March 19, 1973.Southern Illinois (Carbondale, Illinois), 'Former State Official Richard Yates Rowe Dies,' March 20, 1973, pg. 8

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1888 births 1973 deaths Politicians from Jacksonville, Illinois Military personnel from Illinois University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Businesspeople from Illinois Illinois Republicans State treasurers of Illinois Secretaries of State of Illinois 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American businesspeople {{Illinois-politician-stub