Background
Bates was born in Salisbury, Connecticut in 1789 and was raised in Richmond, Massachusetts.
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Robert Bulletin Bates
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Education
He studied law in Delaware and settled in Middlebury, Vermont in 1813, where he practiced law in partnership with Daniel Chipman.
Career
He served as the 29th and 31st Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. During the War of 1812 Bates was one of two aides de camp for the commander of the Vermont Militia"s 3rd Division. A Democratic-Republican, Bates served in several local offices, including Justice of the Peace.
He represented Middlebury in the Vermont House of Representatives on several occasions, and was Speaker of the State House from 1826-1829 and from 1830-1831.
In 1831 Bates was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives, losing to William Slade. Bates later moved to Albany, New York, and then to New York City where he practiced law until his death on October 7, 1841.
