What is John Bates?
{{Infobox Governor |name= John Lewis Bates |image=GovJohnLBates.jpg |caption= |order=41st |office= Governor of Massachusetts |term_start= January 8, 1903 |term_end= January 5, 1905 |lieutenant= [[Curtis Guild, Jr.]] |predecessor= [[Winthrop M. Crane]] |successor= [[William Lewis Douglas]] |birth_date= {{birth date|1859|9|18|mf=y}} |birth_place= [[Easton, Massachusetts]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1946|6|8|1859|9|18|mf=y}} |death_place= |spouse= Clara Elizabeth Smith |profession= [[Lawyer]] |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |footnotes= |order2 = 38th [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]] |term_start2 = 1900 |term_end2 = 1903 |governor2 = [[Winthrop M. Crane]] |predecessor2 = [[Winthrop M. Crane]] |successor2 = [[Curtis Guild, Jr.]] }} '''John Lewis Bates''' (September 18, 1859 – June 8, 1946) was born in [[Massachusetts]]. He was a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], and was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1894 to 1899; from 1897 to 1899 he was Speaker of the House. From 1900 to 1903 he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. In 1902, Bates was elected [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]], holding office from 1903 to 1905. Bates then retired to his private law practice in Boston. From 1917 to 1919 Bates was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. Bates was a member of the [[American Bar Association]], the [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]], the [[Odd Fellows]], and [[Beta Theta Pi]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/jbates.htm Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706031503/http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/jbates.htm |date=2008-07-06 }} {{MAGovernors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, John Lewis}} [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Governors of Massachusetts]] [[Category:1859 births]] [[Category:1946 deaths]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts]]