Bates, Martin
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born Feb. 24, 1787, in Salisbury, Conn. He was educated for a physician, and taught school for a time, but afterward studied law and removed to Delaware, where he practiced in Dover. He served several terms in the legislature, and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850.
After the death of John M. Clayton he was chosen to the United States senate as a democrat, and served from 1858-59.
He died Jan. 1, 1869, in Dover. Del.