Ninian Edwards

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American politician human

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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Label Occurrences
Ninian Edwards canonical 7
Ninian 1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ