James_Bates_(Maine_politician)

James Bates (Maine politician)

James Bates (Maine politician)

American politician (1789–1882)

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]

Quick Facts Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 7th district, Preceded by ...

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

  • United States Congress. "James Bates (id: B000234)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  1. [1]
    Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "Bates, James" . American Medical Biographies . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
  2. [2]
    "Physicians". Chamber of Commerce Journal of Maine. 13: 13.
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