James B. Speed

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United States Attorney General human politician

James B. Speed was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln.

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instanceOf United States Attorney General ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt St. Joseph's College (Bardstown, Kentucky) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer United States Department of Justice ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
familyName Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
politics ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
notableRelative Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joshua Fry Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork service as U.S. Attorney General during the American Civil War ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
partOf Lincoln administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Louisville city attorney ⓘ
United States Attorney General NERFINISHED ⓘ
member of the Kentucky House of Representatives ⓘ
predecessor Edward Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Joshua Fry Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Henry Stanbery NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported Union cause in the American Civil War ⓘ
workLocation Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States → hasNotableBurial → James B. Speed ⓘ
subject surface form: Cave Hill Cemetery