Robert B. Bates

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Robert B. Bates
29th Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1826–1829
Preceded byDaniel Azro Ashley Buck
Succeeded byDaniel Azro Ashley Buck
31st Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1830–1831
Preceded byDaniel Azro Ashley Buck
Succeeded byJohn Smith
Personal details
Born1789
Salisbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedOctober 7, 1841 (aged 51–52)
New York, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
ProfessionLawyer
Politician

Robert Bull Bates (1789 – October 7, 1841) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Vermont. He served as the 29th and 31st Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Early life[]

Bates was born in Salisbury, Connecticut in 1789 and was raised in Richmond, Massachusetts.[1] He studied law in Delaware and settled in Middlebury, Vermont in 1813, where he practiced law in partnership with Daniel Chipman.[2][3][4][5] During the War of 1812 Bates was one of two aides de camp for the commander of the Vermont Militia's 3rd Division.[6][7][8]

Active in the Episcopal Church, Bates was a delegate to the Vermont diocese's annual convention in 1826.[9]

Political career[]

A Democratic-Republican, Bates served in several local offices, including Justice of the Peace.[10] He represented Middlebury in the Vermont House of Representatives on several occasions, and was Speaker of the State House from 1826 to 1829 and from 1830 to 1831.[11]

In 1831 Bates was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives, losing to William Slade.[12]

Bates later moved to Albany, New York, and then to New York City where he practiced law until his death on October 7, 1841.[13][14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ Vital Records of Richmond, Massachusetts to the year 1850, by New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston), 1913, page 13
  2. ^ Semicentennial Sermon, Containing a History of Middlebury, Vt., by Thomas Abbot Merrill, 1841, page 75
  3. ^ History of the Town of Middlebury, by Samuel Swift, 1859, page 346
  4. ^ 1820 United States Federal Census, entry for Robert B. Bates of Middlebury, Vermont, accessed via Ancestry.com, February 20, 2012
  5. ^ 1830 United States Federal Census, entry for Robert B. Bates of Middlebury, Vermont, accessed via Ancestry.com, February 20, 2012
  6. ^ Niles' Weekly Register, H. Niles, editor, Volume 7, 1815, page 183
  7. ^ The New England and New York Law Register for the Year 1835, by John Hayward (Boston), 1834, page 94
  8. ^ Magazine article, Malfeasance or Theft? What Really Happened at the Middlebury Branch of the Vermont State Bank, by Kenneth A. Degree, Vermont History magazine, Winter/Spring 2000, pages 5 to 34
  9. ^ Convention Journal and the Diocesan Canons, by Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, 1826, page 3
  10. ^ Journal of the Vermont General Assembly, published by Rufus Colton (Woodstock), 1829, page 35
  11. ^ Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, by Leonard Deming, 1851, page 9
  12. ^ Daily National Intelligencer, May 30, 1831, reprinted on U.S. Genealogy Express web site, accessed February 20, 2012
  13. ^ Longworth's American Almanac, New-York Register and City Directory, by Thomas Longworth (New York), 1839
  14. ^ Death notice, Robert B. Bates, New York Evening Post, October 8, 1841
  15. ^ Death notice, Robert B. Bates, 1836-1844 Death Notices of The Vermont Watchman & State Journal Newspaper, Reprinted on Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genealogy web site, accessed February 20, 2012
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1826–1829 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1830–1831 		Succeeded by
John Smith
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