# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-bates
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:35:05.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-bates"
name: "Edward Bates"
slug: "edward-bates"
description: "Edward Bates was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln. A member of the influential Bates family, he was the first US Cabinet appointee from a state west of the Mississippi River."
tagline: "American politician, lawyer and judge (1793-1869)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Bates_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1793-09-04"
deathDate: "1869-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             0.4465799886941775
  historical:           13.13319466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эдвард Бейтс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bates"
    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد بیتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bates"
    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エドワード・ベイツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bates"
    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bates"
    title: "Edward Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бейтс, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump