Frederick Bates
| Frederick Bates | |
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| 2nd Governor of Missouri | |
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In office November 15, 1824 – August 4, 1825 |
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| Lieutenant | Benjamin Harrison Reeves |
| Preceded by | Alexander McNair |
| Succeeded by | Abraham J. Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 23, 1777 Belmont, Virginia |
| Died | August 4, 1825 (aged 48) Chesterfield, Missouri |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Opie Ball |
| Relations | See Bates family |
| Children | Emily Caroline (1820–1891), Lucius Lee (1821–1898), Woodville (1823–1840) and Frederick Jr. (1826–1862) |
Frederick Bates (
/beɪtɛs/ BAY-ts; June 23, 1777 – August 4, 1825), was an American attorney and politician. He was elected in 1824 as the second governor of Missouri and died in office in 1825. Before that he had served as a Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court for Michigan Territory, was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of the Louisiana Territory and started to build his political base in St. Louis.
Born in 1777 into the planter class in Goochland County, Virginia, Bates was schooled privately at his family's Belmont plantation by tutors. Later he went to college and read the law with an established firm. He settled in Detroit in 1797 and became its first postmaster in 1803. He was a member of the Bates family with Edward Bates and James Woodson Bates.
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