Edward Bates

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Attorney General of the United States human lawyer politician

Edward Bates was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

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Edward Bates canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery ⓘ
candidateIn 1860 Republican National Convention ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1793-09-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-03-25 ⓘ
describedBySource Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice historical records ⓘ
educatedAt Charlotte Hall Military Academy ⓘ
employer United States Department of Justice ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
endTime 1864-11-24 ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of English descent ⓘ
familyName Bates ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
knownFor moderate antislavery views within the Lincoln cabinet ⓘ
serving as U.S. Attorney General during the American Civil War ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
notableEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln administration
notableWork Bates Opinion on Citizenship (1862) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 17 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln
placeOfBirth Goochland County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
positionHeld United States Attorney General ⓘ
delegate to the Missouri constitutional convention ⓘ
member of the Missouri General Assembly ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
practicedLawIn Missouri ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature Signature of Edward Bates (vector image) ⓘ
spouse Julia Davenport Coalter ⓘ
startTime 1861-03-05 ⓘ
workLocation Missouri ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Jeremiah Sullivan Black → succeededInOffice → Edward Bates ⓘ
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States → notableBurial → Edward Bates ⓘ
subject surface form: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
Bellefontaine Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Edward Bates ⓘ
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln → depictsPerson → Edward Bates ⓘ