What is Shadrach Bond?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= Shadrach Bond |image= Shadrach.Bond.png |caption= |order=1st |office= Governor of Illinois |term_start= October 6, 1818 |term_end= December 5, 1822 |lieutenant= |predecessor=[[Ninian Edwards]] <br><small>as Territorial Governor of Illinois</small> |successor= [[Edward Coles]] |birth_date= {{birth date|1773|11|24|mf=y}} |birth_place= [[Frederick, Maryland]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1832|4|12|1773|11|24|mf=y}} |death_place= [[Kaskaskia, Illinois]] |spouse= |profession= [[farmer]] |party= [[Independent (politician)#United States|Independent]] |religion= |signature=Shadrach Bond Signature.svg |footnotes= }} '''Shadrach Bond''' (November 24, 1773 &ndash; 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|Frederick]], [[Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://history.ilgenweb.net/governors/bond.html |title=Biographical Sketch of Shadrach Bond |access-date=2013-05-18 |archive-date=2011-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110150329/http://history.ilgenweb.net/governors/bond.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was never married and had no children. Bond died on April 12, 1832 in [[Kaskaskia, Illinois]] from pneumonia, aged 58. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/Centennial_History/Illinois_in_1818/home.html 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 {{US-bio-stub}} {{Governors of Illinois}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Shadrach}} [[Category:1773 births]] [[Category:1832 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumon