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Edward Bates (September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln.
Edward Bates (born Sept. 4, 1793, Goochland County, Va., U.S.—died March 25, 1869, St. Louis, Mo.) was a lawyer and Whig politician who joined the Republican Party before the U.S. Civil War and served as Abraham Lincoln’s attorney general.
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Edward Bates was a St. Louis attorney and a moderate on slavery who became Abraham Lincoln's attorney general in 1861. He defended Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, supported the emancipation proclamation, and opposed the admission of West Virginia and the use of black troops.
Edward Bates was a lawyer and politician from Missouri who served as U.S. attorney general from 1861 to 1864. He was also a member of the Missouri Constitutional Convention, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.
Edward Bates was Abraham Lincoln's attorney general and a conservative Whig politician from Missouri. He supported the suspension of habeas corpus and the blockade of Southern ports, but opposed emancipation and radical Reconstruction.
Edward Bates was a lawyer, politician and Whig leader from Missouri who served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general from 1861 to 1864. He opposed slavery and secession, but clashed with Lincoln over civil liberties and resigned in 1864.
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Edward Bates (September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln.
