Ninian Edwards

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Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
appointedBy James Madison
birthDate 1775-03-17
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery
causeOfDeath cholera
child Benjamin Stephenson Edwards
Ninian Wirt Edwards
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1833-07-20
educatedAt College of New Jersey
Dickinson College
Washington and Lee University
Litchfield Law School
surface form: Winchester Law School
endTime 1818-12-03
ethnicGroup Welsh Americans
familyName Edwards
givenName Ninian Edwards self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ninian
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Whig Party
surface form: National Republican Party
namesake Edwards County, Illinois
Edwards County, Kentucky
Edwardsville, Illinois
nativeLanguage English
notableWork leadership in early governance of Illinois Territory
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime (Governor of Illinois) 1830-12-06
officeEndTime (U.S. Senator from Illinois) 1824-03-04
officeStartTime (Governor of Illinois) 1826-12-06
officeStartTime (U.S. Senator from Illinois) 1818-12-03
ordinalInOffice 3rd Governor of Illinois
participatedIn War of 1812
surface form: War of 1812 (as territorial leader)
placeOfBirth Montgomery County
surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland
placeOfDeath Belleville, Illinois
positionHeld Governor of Illinois
Governor of Illinois Territory
United States Senator from Illinois
practicedLawIn Illinois Territory
Kentucky
religion Presbyterianism
represented Illinois
residence Belleville, Illinois
Kaskaskia, Illinois
surface form: Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory
sexOrGender male
spouse Elvira Lane
startTime 1809-06-01
studied law

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Oak Ridge Cemetery hasNotableBurial Ninian Edwards
Edwards hasNotableBearer Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards givenName Ninian Edwards self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ninian
Elvira Lane spouse Ninian Edwards
Illinois Territory firstGovernor Ninian Edwards
Benjamin Stephenson Edwards father Ninian Edwards
Edwardsville, Illinois namedAfter Ninian Edwards
Edwards County, Illinois namedAfter Ninian Edwards