Rufus Choate

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Rufus Choate was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, orator, and U.S. senator from Massachusetts renowned for his eloquence and influence in legal and political circles.

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instanceOf United States senator
human
lawyer
orator
politician
academicDegree bachelor's degree
buriedIn Mount Auburn Cemetery
causeOfDeath illness
contemporaryOf Daniel Webster
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1799-10-01
dateOfDeath 1859-07-13
educatedAt Dartmouth College
Harvard Law School
familyName Choate
fieldOfWork law
politics
rhetoric
fullName Rufus Choate self-link
givenName Rufus
heritage New England Yankee
influencedBy Daniel Webster
knownFor florid and elaborate style of oratory
influence on American legal advocacy
languageSpoken English
memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
mentorOf Benjamin R. Curtis
surface form: Benjamin Robbins Curtis
notableFor eloquent courtroom advocacy
influential political oratory
notableWork lectures and addresses on literary and political subjects
occupation essayist
lawyer
lecturer
orator
politician
placeOfBirth Ipswich, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia
positionHeld United States senator from Massachusetts
member of the United States House of Representatives
practicedLawIn Massachusetts
religion Congregationalism
representedIn Massachusetts
servedInLegislature Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts

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