Edward Bates was one of the many people that served under Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. Lincoln is one of the most well-known presidents of our history, his presidency left its mark on the United States in many ways. He was most notably known for the emancipation of slavery, but less known were the people around Lincoln that made his presidency as iconic as it is known today. Edward Bates was the Attorney General under President Lincoln and they had many opposing views like many of the people working under Lincoln. Edward Bates was born on September 4, 1793. In Belmont Virginia. Virginia was a slave state and is located in the southern part of America. Edward Bates father Thomas Bates “was a revolutionary war veteran” (Neels
