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About Edward Bates
Edward Bates was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln. A member of the influential Bates family, he was the first US Cabinet appointee from a state west of the Mississippi River.
Everything about Edward Bates →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, United States Attorney General, member of the State Senate of Missouri
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 4, 1793
- Died
- March 25, 1869