Richard Yates Rowe
{{Short description|American politician and businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Richard Yates Rowe
|image = Richard Yates Rowe 7545 (3x4).jpg
|caption = Official portrait, circa 1947
|order1 = 54th Treasurer of Illinois
|governor1 = Dwight H. Green
|term_start1 = January 13, 1947
|term_end1 = January 10, 1949
|predecessor1 = Conrad F. Becker
|successor1 = Ora Smith
|order2 = 27th Secretary of State of Illinois
|governor2 = Dwight H. Green
|term_start2 = June 8, 1944
|term_end2 = January 1945
|predecessor2 = Edward J. Hughes
|successor2 = Edward J. Barrett
|birth_date = December 12, 1888
|birth_place = Jacksonville, IL, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|03|19|1888|12|12}}
|death_place = Jacksonville, IL, U.S.
|party = Republican
| children = Harris Rowe (son)
}}
Richard Yates Rowe (December 12, 1888 – March 19, 1973) was an American politician and businessman.
Biography
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Rowe served in the United States Navy during World War I. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He worked in the insurance and newspaper businesses. Rowe was a Republican. 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 who served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Rowe died in Jacksonville, Illinois on March 19, 1973.'Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948,' Biographical Sketch of Richard Yates Rowe,' pg. 90'The Semi-Centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois (Urbana–Champaign Campus: 1918, Biographical Sketch of Richard Yates Rowe,' pg. 509Southern Illinois (Carbondale, Illinois), 'Former State Official Richard Yates Rowe Dies,' March 20, 1973, pg. 8
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{{s-bef|before=Conrad F. Becker}}
{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Illinois Treasurer |years=1946}}
{{s-aft|after=Elmer Droste}}
{{s-bef|before=Hugh W. Cross}}
{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|years=1948}}
{{s-aft|after=John William Chapman}}
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Category:Politicians from Jacksonville, Illinois
Category:Military personnel from Illinois
Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Category:Businesspeople from Illinois
Category:State treasurers of Illinois
Category:Secretaries of state of Illinois
Category:20th-century Illinois politicians
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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