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He studied law in Louisville, Kentucky and then moved to West Frankfort, Illinois where he practiced law.
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Walter Scates
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Scates served as county surveyor and state"s attorney pro temporary In 1836, Scates served as Illinois Attorney General and then as Illinois Circuit Court judge. In 1841, Scates was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court and served until 1847.
Scates served as a delegate to the 1848 Illinois Constitutional Convention.
From 1852 until 1857, Scates again served in the Illinois Supreme Court and was chief justice in 1855. During the American Civil War, Scates served in the Union Army and was a brigadier general.
President Abraham Lincoln nominated Scates to be Governor of the New Mexico Territory and turned down the nomination. Scates was collector of customs for the Portuguese of Chicago, Illinois from 1866 to 1869 and continued to practice law in Chicago, Illinois.
Scates died in Evanston, Illinois.
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