Shadrach Bond (November 24, 1773 – April 12, 1832) was a representative from Illinois Territory to the United States Congress. In 1818, he was elected the first Governor of Illinois, becoming the new state's first chief executive. In an example of American politics during the Era of Good Feelings, Bond was elected to both positions without opposition.
Bond was born on November 24, 1773 in Frederick, Maryland.[1] He was never married and had no children. Bond died on April 12, 1832 in Kaskaskia, Illinois from pneumonia, aged 58.
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Other websites
- Solon J. Buck, Illinois in 1818, at Thayer's American history site
- Robert P. Howard, Mostly Good and Competent Men
- Theodore Calvin Pease, The Frontier State 1818–1848
