Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779March 16, 1845) was an American politician from

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. He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from

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in 1802. He practiced law in

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, in 1808.

Political career

Massachusetts House of Representatives

He was a member of the

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(1808–1809).

United States House of Representatives

Bates was elected to the

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(March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835), where he was an

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. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions in the Twenty-first Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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United States Senate

He was elected as a Whig to the

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to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until his death. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery,

Sources and external links

*"Memoir of Hon. I.C. Bates, Late United States Senator from Massachusetts." American Whig Review 3 (February 1846): 186–192. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Isaac Chapman 1779 births 1845 deaths Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives United States senators from Massachusetts Yale College alumni Massachusetts Federalists Massachusetts Whigs Whig Party United States senators National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts People from Granville, Massachusetts 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century United States senators 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court

Political career

Massachusetts House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

See also

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