Background
Bates, Edward was born on September 4, 1793 in Belmont, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Fleming and Caroline (Woodson) Bates.
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Excerpt from Opinion of Attorney General Bates on Citizenship Sir: Some time ago I had the honor to receive your letter submit ting, for my opinion, the question whether or not colored men can be citizens of the United' States. The urgency of other unavoidable engagements, and the great importance of the question itself, have caused me to delay the answer until now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Bates, Edward was born on September 4, 1793 in Belmont, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Fleming and Caroline (Woodson) Bates.
General Mo; president River and Harbor Improvement Convention, Chicago President Whig; general under Lincoln, 1861-1864 (1st cabinet member
(Excerpt from Opinion of Attorney General Bates on Citizen...)
Member Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1820. Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1822, 34. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Missouri, 20th Congress, 1827-1829.
Member Missouri Senate, 1830-1834.
Married Julia Davenport Coalter, May 29, 1823, 17 children.