Lewis Cass

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Lewis Cass was a prominent 19th-century American statesman, military officer, and diplomat who served as governor of Michigan Territory, U.S. senator, secretary of war, and Democratic presidential candidate.

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Lewis Cass canonical 25

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Cabinet member ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
burialPlace Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
candidateInElection United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1782-10-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-06-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Exeter-area schools (informal classical education) ⓘ
familyName Cass ⓘ
givenName Lewis ⓘ
governedTerritory Michigan Territory ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of popular sovereignty on slavery in the territories ⓘ
role in Democratic Party leadership in the 1840s ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
nominatedFor President of the United States ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd Governor of Michigan Territory term end 1831 ⓘ
United States Minister to France term end 1842 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State term end 1860 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War term end 1836 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan first term end 1848 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan second term end 1857 ⓘ
officeStart Governor of Michigan Territory term start 1813 ⓘ
United States Minister to France term start 1836 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State term start 1857 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War term start 1831 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan first term start 1845 ⓘ
United States Senator from Michigan second term start 1849 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Exeter, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
positionHeld Democratic Party presidential nominee ⓘ
Governor of Michigan Territory ⓘ
United States Minister to France ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
United States Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War

United States Senator from Michigan ⓘ
representedInSenate Michigan ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Winnebago War → commandedBy → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Iowa → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Missouri → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Michigan Territory → hasGovernor → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) → hasNotableBurial → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Iowa → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
subject linked to: Cass County
William O. Butler → runningMateOf → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass River → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass Corridor → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass Corridor → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Illinois → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Michigan → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Missouri → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ
subject linked to: Cass County
Cass → hasNotableBearer → Lewis Cass ⓘ
Cass County, Texas → namedAfter → Lewis Cass ⓘ