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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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Attorney General under President Lincoln, Edward Bates was somewhat estranged from the rest of the cabinet before his resignation in 1864. In 1860, he was promoted as a candidate for president at the Republican National Convention.
Oct 24, 2022 · Edward Bates was born in Virginia in 1793 and became a prominent lawyer and politician in Missouri. He served as Attorney General under President Lincoln from 1861 to 1864, and was an anti-slavery advocate.
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.
A St. Louis attorney and whig leader, Edward Bates, a moderate on slavery, opposed the lecompton constitution and repeal of the missouri compromise. In 1860 he sought the Republican presidential nomination, and from 1861 to 1864 he was President abraham lincoln'sattorney general and most conservative adviser.
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.
