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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.
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 · 26th Attorney General, 1861 - 1864. Download Image. Edward Bates was born in Belmont, Virginia, on September 4, 1793. He received his education at Charlotte Hall Academy, in St. Mary’s, Maryland, and from a private tutor.
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.
A nominee for President in 1860, Bates lost out to Abraham Lincoln but agreed, in 1861, to become attorney general in Lincoln’s newly formed cabinet. During his almost four years of service, Bates often disagreed with Lincoln, particularly over what Bates believed were violations of Americans’ constitutional rights.
Edward Bates served as U.S. attorney general in the cabinet of President abraham lincoln from 1861 to 1864. Bates was born September 4, 1793, in Belmont, Virginia. He left his native Virginia at the age of twenty-one and settled in Missouri, where he concentrated his career efforts.
