James Bates

Jacksonian Representative of Maine's 7th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

September 24, 1789 (92 years old)

Birthday

February 25, 1882

Death

Served as a United States Representative from Maine.
Born in Greene, Massachusetts, which is now part of Maine.
Attended common schools and studied medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Worked as a surgeon during the War of 1812.
Elected to the Twenty-second Congress as a Jacksonian, serving from 1831 to 1833.
After his congressional term, he became a hospital executive.
Lived to the age of 92, passing away in Yarmouth, Maine.
Interred at Old Oak Cemetery in Norridgewock, Maine.
His son became a noted physician.