Isaac C. Bates
| Isaac Chapman Bates | |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office January 13, 1841 – March 16, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | John Davis |
| Succeeded by | John Davis |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Lathrop |
| Succeeded by | William B. Calhoun |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1808-1809 |
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January 23, 1779 Granville, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 16, 1845 (aged 66) Washington, D.C. |
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Federalist Whig |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
| Profession | Law |
Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779 – March 16, 1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.
He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1808–1809).
Bates was elected to the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835), where he was an Anti-Jacksonian. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions in the Twenty-first Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834.
He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until his death. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.
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