Isaac C. Bates

Isaac C. Bates
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United States Senator from Massachusetts
Isaac Chapman Bates
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Samuel Lathrop
Succeeded by	William B. Calhoun
In office January 13, 1841 – March 16, 1845
Preceded by	John Davis
Succeeded by	John Davis

Born	January 23, 1779 Granville, Massachusetts
Died	March 16, 1845 (aged 66) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Federalist Whig
Alma mater	Yale College
Profession	Law

Isaac Chapman Bates (1779-1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1779, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.

Political career

He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate 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 on March 16, 1845. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Isaac C. Bates at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
"Memoir of Hon. I.C. Bates, Late United States Senator from Massachusetts.” American Whig Review 3 (February 1846): 186-192.

Preceded by Samuel Lathrop	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835	Succeeded by William B. Calhoun
Preceded by John Davis	United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts January 13, 1841 to March 16, 1845 Served alongside: Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate	Succeeded by John Davis

v • d • e United States Senators from Massachusetts

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