Lewis Cass

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American politician United States Cabinet member United States senator diplomat governor human lawyer military officer

Lewis Cass was a prominent 19th-century American statesman, military officer, and diplomat who served as governor of Michigan Territory, U.S. senator, secretary of war, and Democratic presidential candidate.

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Lewis Cass canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Cabinet member ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
burialPlace Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
surface form: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
candidateInElection 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election of 1848
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1782-10-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-06-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Exeter-area schools (informal classical education) ⓘ
familyName Cass ⓘ
givenName Lewis ⓘ
governedTerritory Michigan Territory ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of popular sovereignty on slavery in the territories ⓘ
role in Democratic Party leadership in the 1840s ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
nominatedFor President of the United States ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd Governor of Michigan Territory term end 1831 ⓘ
United States Minister to France term end 1842 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State term end 1860 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War term end 1836 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan first term end 1848 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan second term end 1857 ⓘ
officeStart Governor of Michigan Territory term start 1813 ⓘ
United States Minister to France term start 1836 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State term start 1857 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War term start 1831 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan first term start 1845 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan second term start 1849 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Exeter, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
positionHeld Democratic Party presidential nominee ⓘ
Governor of Michigan Territory ⓘ
United States Ambassador to France ⓘ
surface form: United States Minister to France

United States Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of War

United States Senator from Michigan ⓘ
representedInSenate Michigan ⓘ
residence Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Winnebago War → commandedBy → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Iowa → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Missouri → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Jeremiah Sullivan Black → precededInOffice → Lewis Cass ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → hadCandidate → Lewis Cass ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → electoralVotesWonBy → Lewis Cass ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → popularVotesWonBy → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Michigan Territory → hasGovernor → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States → hasNotableBurial → Lewis Cass ⓘ
subject surface form: Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)
Cass County → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
subject surface form: Cass County, Iowa
William O. Butler → runningMateOf → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass River → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass Technical High School → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ