Presidential Cabinet Secretary. When the state government was organized in 1820, Bates was appointed Missouri's first attorney general. In the next 15 years, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Missouri Senate. After Lincoln's election, Bates accepted the President's offer to become attorney general of the U.S. Thus, he became the first cabinet officer from west of the Mississippi River, as well as the oldest member of Lincoln's 1st cabinet. Failing to receive Lincoln's nomination for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1864, Bates resigned and returned to St. Louis.
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. When the state government was organized in 1820, Bates was appointed Missouri's first attorney general. In the next 15 years, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Missouri Senate. After Lincoln's election, Bates accepted the President's offer to become attorney general of the U.S. Thus, he became the first cabinet officer from west of the Mississippi River, as well as the oldest member of Lincoln's 1st cabinet. Failing to receive Lincoln's nomination for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1864, Bates resigned and returned to St. Louis.
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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