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- NAME: Edward Bates
- OCCUPATION: Lawyer, Judge, U.S. Representative, Government Official
- BIRTH DATE: September 04, 1793
- DEATH DATE: March 25, 1869
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Belmont, Virginia
- PLACE OF DEATH: St. Louis, Missouri
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Edward Bates was a 19th century politician and lawyer who served as U.S. attorney general under President Abraham Lincoln.
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Bates was known as a constitutional traditionalist and conservative unsettled by social and political change.
Later Years
Bates retired from office on November 24, 1864 due to political disagreements. He had also wished to be appointed Supreme Court chief justice, but that position instead went to Salmon P. Chase. Following Lincoln's assassination, Bates wrote a passage of mourning in his diary, citing his respect and friendship for the president.
Bates died on March 25, 1869, in St. Louis, Missouri.
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