The Bateses
Three brothers:
- Frederick Bates, Governor of Missouri
- Edward Bates, Attorney General of the United States
- James Woodson Bates, delegate to U.S. Congress
NOTE: Frederick Bates, Edward Bates and James Woodson Bates were also third cousins once removed of U.S. Representative Samuel H. Woodson, Missouri Governor Silas Woodson, Kansas Territory Governor Daniel Woodson and Montana legislator John Archibald Woodson, and third cousin twice removed of Democratic National Committeeman Urey Woodson. James Woodson Bates was also stepfather of Arkansas State Representative Matthew C. Moore.
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