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Joel Aldrich Matteson (born August 7, 1808 in Watertown, New York; died January 31, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois) succeeded Augustus C. French as the tenth Governor of Illinois, serving between January 10, 1853 and January 12, 1857. Following the end of Matteson's term as Governor, William Henry Bissell (born April 25, 1811 in Hartwick, New York; died March 18, 1860 in Springfield, Illinois) became the eleventh Governor of Illinois, serving between January 12, 1857 and his death.

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