James Woodson Bates
| James Woodson Bates | |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas Territory | |
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In office December 21, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Conway |
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| Born |
August 25, 1788 Goochland County, Virginia |
| Died |
December 26, 1846 (aged 58) Van Buren, Arkansas |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Moore Bates |
| Relations | See Bates family |
| Alma mater | Princeton |
| Profession | Attorney |
James Woodson Bates (
/beɪtɛs/ BAY-ts; August 25, 1788 – December 26, 1846) was an American lawyer and statesman from Sebastian County, Arkansas. He represented the Arkansas Territory as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
James was born in Goochland County, Virginia at his parents' plantation known as Belmont. Part of a political family, Bates was the younger brother of Frederick Bates, second governor of Missouri; and older brother of Edward Bates, who served as US Attorney General to President Abraham Lincoln. He was the ninth child of Thomas and Caroline (Woodson) Bates. He started his advanced education at Yale but soon transferred to Princeton, where he graduated in 1807. He read law and then went west.
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