Arthur Laban Bates | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Athelston Gaston |
| Succeeded by | Milton W. Shreve |
| Constituency | 26th district(1901–1903) 25th district(1903–1913) |
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| Born | (1859-06-06)June 6, 1859 Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 1934(1934-08-26) (aged 75) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Josephine Rusling |
| Children | Arthur Rusling Bates |
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Arthur Laban Bates (June 6, 1859 – August 26, 1934) was aRepublican politician, lawyer, and businessman from thestate ofPennsylvania. Born inMeadville, Pennsylvania, he was the nephew ofJohn Milton Thayer, a U.S. Senator and Governor of Nebraska. Bates received his early education through tutors before graduating fromAllegheny College in 1880. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882, later attendingOxford University in England from 1882 to 1883.
Bates began practicing law in Meadville in 1884 and also ventured into newspaper publishing in 1899. He served as the city solicitor of Meadville from 1889 to 1896. His political career took off when he was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives as a Republican to theFifty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses. During his time in Congress, he represented Pennsylvania's 26th district and was involved in international diplomacy, attending the International Peace Conference in Brussels in 1905 and Rome in 1911.
After leaving Congress in 1913, having declined to run for another term, Bates returned to law and publishing. He was also involved in the banking sector and continued to serve his party as a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in1924. He died in Meadville in 1934 and was interred at Greendale Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 26th congressional district 1901–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1903–1913 | Succeeded by |
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