James Bates (Maine politician)
James Bates | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Butman |
Succeeded by | Joseph Hall |
Personal details | |
Born | Greene, Massachusetts (now Maine) | September 24, 1789
Died | February 25, 1882 Yarmouth, Maine | (aged 92)
Political party | Jacksonian |
James Bates (September 24, 1789 – February 25, 1882) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Greene, Massachusetts (now in Maine), on September 24, 1789. He attended the common schools.[1]
He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was a surgeon during the War of 1812. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He then became a hospital executive.
He died, aged 92, on February 25, 1882, in Yarmouth, Maine. His interment is in the Old Oak Cemetery, Norridgewock, Maine.
Bates' son, James M. Bates, became a noted physician.[2]
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "James Bates (id: B000234)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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