Edward Bates

Edward Bates (September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864. He was the younger brother of Frederick Bates, second governor of Missouri, and James Woodson Bates, who was an attorney and politician in Arkansas.

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