Edward Bates

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Bates, Edward

(1793–1869) public official, cabinet member; born in Belmont, Va. A Missouri state legislator, U.S. congressman (Whig, Mo.; 1827–29) and moderate voice in antebellum politics, he attracted national notice with an 1847 speech. In 1860 he unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination. He was Lincoln's attorney general (1861–64)—the first cabinet officer from west of the Mississippi—but resigned after his influence eroded because of his opposition to government wartime practices. Back in Missouri he opposed the post-war policies of the Radical Republicans.

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The name 'Bellefield' dates back to ancient maps of the West Derby area and the first building to bear its name was a merchant's house owned by Edward Bates.

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Am busy as hell," he wrote (Letter to Edward Bates 6 March 1918).

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George Edward Bates, 74, of Wern Terrace, Roger stone, Newport, was given three penalty points on his licence and fined pounds 60 with pounds 15 victim surcharge after admitting failing to comply with a red light signal.

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Another sale of local significance was in 2006 at Gyrn Castle at Llanasa, near Prestatyn, when Christie's sold property owned by the family of prominent Liverpool ship owner Sir Edward Bates.

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Sir Edward Bates, who bought the property in 1857, was a ship-owner and politician, whose career spanned almost the whole of Queen Victoria's reign.

Your country pile; a mere snip at pounds 3.5m

For the post of Attorney General, Lincoln chose Missouri statesman and judge Edward Bates, who, like Seward and Chase, had vied for the top slot on the Republican ticket.

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As the character Edward Bates, a fictitious world-famous Brummie artist, I'm the 'conductor' for the evening.

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He was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Bates and by a sister, Janice Lowe.

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His copper-bottomed life-long enemy was a Liverpool shipowner called Edward Bates, based at the Albert Dock.

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