He died before the
expiration of the term for which he was elected.--276, 569.

RICHARD YATES was born in Warsaw, Kentucky, in 1818. Having studied
one year at the Miami University, Ohio, he removed to Illinois, and
graduated at Illinois College in 1838. He studied at the Law School of
Lexington, Kentucky, and having been admitted to the bar, he settled
in Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1842 he was elected to the State
Legislature, and served until 1850. In 1851 he was elected a
Representative in Congress from Illinois, and served two terms. He was
subsequently President of a railroad for several years. In 1861 he was
elected Governor of Illinois for the term of four years. During his
administration, 258,000 troops were raised in Illinois and sent to the
field. He was not only active in his State in promoting the success of
the national cause, but he frequently encouraged the regiments of
Illinois by his presence with them in the camp and on the field. In
1865 he was elected a Senator in Congress from Illinois for the term
ending in 1871.--28, 272, 398, 400, 461, 462, 484, 491.

ANALYTICAL INDEX

ABANDONED Lands, restored to rebel owners, 143.

ADAMS, J. Q., Expenses of his Administration, 111.

ADMISSION of Southern Representatives proposed, 279.

AGRICULTURE, Senate Committee on, 27, 31.

ALABAMA, Black Code of, 146.

ALHAMBRA, the betrayal of, 65.

ALLEGIANCE and Protection reciprocal, 257.

AMALGAMATION, not an effect of Negro Suffrage, 75.

AMENDMENT, Constitutional, effect of, 196;
confers Civil Rights, 210;
the Civil Rights Bill, a sequel to, 225;
a warrant for the Civil Rights Bill, 229;
confers citizenship, 273.

AMENDMENT, Constitutional, of Basis of Representation, 324;
explained by Mr. Stevens, 325;
failure in passage, 416.

AMENDMENT, Constitutional, for Negro Suffrage proposed, 377;
advocated, 387;
voted down, 415.

AMENDMENT, Constitutional, for Reconstruction, proposed, 435;
final passage, 463;
ratified by numerous legislatures, 505;
then and now, 512.

AMENDMENTS, Constitutional, needed, 312.

AMENDMENT to Freedmen's Bureau Bill, proposed by Mr. Cowan, 136;
rejected, 136;
to title of the bill, 136;
proposed in the Senate, 296.

AMENDMENT to Civil Rights Bill by Mr. Hendricks, 218;
by Mr. Saulsbury, 219.

AMENDMENT, the