The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bates, Isaac Chapman

​BATES, Isaac Chapman, senator, was born in Granville, Mass., May 14, 1780. He was graduated at Yale 1802; studied law and practiced at Northampton. He was a member of both branches of the state legislature and of the executive council. He was elected a representative in the 20th, 21st and 22d congresses as an anti-Jackson Democrat, serving 1827-'33; was a presidential elector in 1836 and 1840, and was elected to the U.S. senate in 1842 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of, John Davis. He died in Washington D.C., March 16, 1845.

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