During a long career of public service, Edward Bates opposed the spread of slavery into new American territories and worked to build the country's growing internal transportation system. From 1861-64, he served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general....

Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase relied on the opinion of Attorney General Edward Bates when attempting to settle, in 1863, whether an African American could be the master of a vessel. Bates' lengthy reply considered several aspects of the question, and determined...

Gerald B. Bates, Sr. February 20, 2006 Gerald B. Bates, Sr. of Cazenovia, NY, passed over on February 20, 2006. He was born January 26, 1914 in Worthington, MA, the youngest and last surviving of eight children of Frank and Mary Bates...

One score and nine years ago, Doris Kearns Goodwin launched her career as a Presidential historian with Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, a shrewd look at the oversized Texan she’d observed closely during his Presidency and post-Presidency. In the years that followed, she built...

One score and nine years ago, Doris Kearns Goodwin launched her career as a Presidential historian with Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, a shrewd look at the oversized Texan she’d observed closely during his Presidency and post-Presidency. In the years that followed, she built...