Edward Bates
| Edward Bates | |
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| 26th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 5, 1861 – November 24, 1864 |
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| President | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | Edwin M. Stanton |
| Succeeded by | James Speed |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district | |
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In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | John Scott |
| Succeeded by | Spencer Darwin Pettis |
| Attorney General of Missouri | |
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In office 1820–1821 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Rufus Easton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 4, 1793 Goochland County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1869 (aged 75) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican, Whig, Republican |
| Relations | see Bates family |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Volunteer |
| Rank | sergeant |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Edward Bates (
/beɪtɛs/ BAY-ts; September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as the first attorney general of Missouri after it was admitted as a state. He served as the United States Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864, and was notable as the first cabinet member to be appointed from west of the Mississippi River. He was the younger brother of Frederick Bates, second governor of Missouri, and James Woodson Bates, who became an attorney and politician in Arkansas after practicing for a time in Missouri.
Born to Thomas and Caroline (Woodson) Bates in Goochland County, Virginia, on his family's Belmont plantation, Bates was tutored at home as a boy. When older, he attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Maryland.
Edward Bates served in the War of 1812 before moving to St. Louis, Missouri Territory, in 1814 with his older brother James, who started working as an attorney. Their eldest brother Frederick Bates was already in St. Louis by that time, where he had served as Secretary of the Louisiana Territory and Secretary of the Missouri Territory.
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