Ninian Edwards (as U.S. senator from Illinois)
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Ninian Edwards was an early 19th-century American politician who served as one of Illinois’s first U.S. senators and later as the state’s governor.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Illinois state legislature (to the U.S. Senate) ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1775-03-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Belleville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Ninian Wirt Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1833-07-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Belleville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Law (self-directed and apprenticeship-based legal training) ⓘ |
| endTime |
1818 (as Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory)
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1824 (as U.S. senator from Illinois) ⓘ 1830 (as Governor of Illinois) ⓘ |
| era | Early 19th-century American politics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ninian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldJudicialPosition | Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Being one of the first U.S. senators from Illinois
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Serving as both territorial governor and state governor of Illinois ⓘ |
| notableWork | Early leadership in the political development of Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ planter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Early statehood politics of Illinois ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Illinois
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Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ United States senator ⓘ United States senator from Illinois ⓘ |
| represented | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Belleville, Illinois
NERFINISHED
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Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Elvira Lane Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
1809 (as Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory)
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1818 (as U.S. senator from Illinois) ⓘ 1826 (as Governor of Illinois) ⓘ |
| territorialGovernorOf | Illinois Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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