Abraham Yates Jr.

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Abraham Yates Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and prominent Anti-Federalist from New York who played a key role in Revolutionary-era state politics and constitutional debates.

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Abraham Yates Jr. canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anti-Federalist
human
politician
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1724-08-23
dateOfDeath 1796-06-30
diedInCentury 18th century
ethnicGroup Dutch American
hasFamilyName Yates NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Abraham NERFINISHED
hasSuffix Jr.
ideology republicanism
states’ rights
knownFor advocacy of strong state sovereignty
leadership in Revolutionary-era New York politics
opposition to the United States Constitution
languagesSpoken Dutch
English
memberOf New York Provincial Congress NERFINISHED
New York State Assembly NERFINISHED
New York State Senate NERFINISHED
movement American Revolution NERFINISHED
Anti-Federalism
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableWork Anti-Federalist essays under pseudonyms
occupation essayist
lawyer
pamphleteer
politician
participatedIn American Revolutionary War (political activities) NERFINISHED
New York constitutional debates NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Albany, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Albany, New York NERFINISHED
positionHeld New York State senator
delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention
mayor of Albany, New York
member of the Council of Appointment of New York
member of the Council of Revision of New York
member of the New York Provincial Congress
member of the New York State Assembly
sheriff of Albany County
surrogate of Albany County
religion Reformed Protestantism
residence Albany, New York NERFINISHED
wasActiveIn 18th-century American politics
wasBornInCentury 18th century

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Description of subject: Abraham Yates Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and prominent Anti-Federalist from New York who played a key role in Revolutionary-era state politics and constitutional debates.

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