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    influential Bates family, he was the first US Cabinet appointee from a state west of the Mississippi River. Born in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1814 Bates moved...
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    Arkansas, and a prominent textile tycoon who founded the Bates Manufacturing Company and Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. The family includes various...
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  • Sir Edward Bates, 1st Baronet (1815–1896), ship-owner and politician Sir Edward Percy Bates, 2nd Baronet (1845–1899) of the Bates baronets Sir Edward Bertram...
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    Elly Bates, 4th Baronet (12 May 1879 – 16 October 1946) was an English shipowner. Bates was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Sir Edward Percy...
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  • Edward Bates Soper (February 7, 1855 – March 30, 1899) was an American serial killer. Initially sought for the murder of his first wife and two daughters...
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    Benjamin Edward Bates IV (/beɪtɛs/; July 12, 1808 – January 14, 1878) was an American rail industrialist, textile tycoon and philanthropist. He was the...
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  • Benjamin Bates or Ben Bates may refer to: Several members of the American Bates family including: Benjamin Bates II (1716–1790), British physician, art...
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  • Edward Bates was a department store located in Chatham, Kent with a subsidiary Blake & Co based in Maidstone. In 1869 Edward Bates opened a drapery shop...
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  • Edward Willard Bates, M.D. (November 5, 1884 – August 7, 1930) was a prominent African-American who served as a physician and surgeon in the 368th Ambulance...
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  • while Rodney Baker-Bates was made COO. In 1976, Stobart's father retired and Stobart took the place of chairman, while Baker-Bates was made CEO and Andrew...
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    previously run against Lincoln in the 1860 election: Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase and Secretary of State William...
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    the office is exemplified by Edward Bates (1793–1869), attorney general under President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1864). Bates had only a small operation,...
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  • Bates may refer to: Alan Bates (politician) (1945–2016), Oregon State Senate David Bates (politician) (born 1941), Rhode Island State Senate Edward Bates...
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    Sir Edward Bates, 1st Baronet DL (17 March 1816 – 17 October 1896) was a ship-owner and Conservative politician who represented Plymouth. Bates was the...
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    but Lincoln, Governor Salmon P. Chase of Ohio, former representative Edward Bates of Missouri, and Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania all commanded...
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  • persons with the surname Bates, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 both creations are extant. The Bates Baronetcy, of Bellefield...
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  • again in the 42nd United States Congress of 1872, during a House debate. Edward Bates also held to the belief that "natural born" should be interpreted as...
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    Jr., Bates was one of the last American Civil War veterans still on active duty in the United States military at the time of his retirement. Bates was...
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    Cameron, senator from Pennsylvania Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio Edward Bates, former representative from Missouri John McLean, associate justice of...
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    presidential candidate, rivaled by William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Simon Cameron. While Lincoln was popular in the Midwest, he lacked...
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    freedom from slavery. For Delaney's case, Berry attracted the support of Edward Bates, a prominent Whig politician and judge, and the future United States...
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  • Thomas James Edward Bates (25 June 1910 – 6 October 2009) was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club and a boundary umpire in the...
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    protocol. Edward Bates (1793–1869), U.S. Attorney General. Benjamin Bates IV (1808–1878), philanthropist, namesake and benefactor of Bates College. Boylston...
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    Former representative Edward Bates and navy secretary William Alexander Graham were the two main candidates for the nomination. Bates led on the first ballot...
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    American male: Charles Joseph Bonaparte in 1906 First Jewish American male: Edward H. Levi in 1975 First female: Janet Reno in 1993 First Hispanic American...
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    general store at Bainham was built in 1928 by the local postmaster, Edward Bates Langford. He leased part of the building to the Post Office and Telegraph...
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    a military tribunal provoked criticism from former Attorney General Edward Bates and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, who believed that a civil court...
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  • to Attorney General Edward Bates asking whether or not "colored men" can be citizens of the United States. Attorney General Bates responded on November...
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  • Benjamin Edward Bates II (13 March 1716 – 12 May 1790) was a British physician, art connoisseur, and socialite. Born into wealth, he was a prominent member...
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    freeing the slaves. Late in 1862, Lincoln asked his Attorney General, Edward Bates, for an opinion as to whether slaves freed through a war-related proclamation...
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