Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Frederick Bates (June 23, 1777 - August 4, 1825), brother of Edward Bates, was an American politician. He was governor of Missouri from 1824 on, and died in office in 1825. Bates was buried at Thornhill Cemetery in Faust Park near St. Louis. Bates County, Missouri is named after Frederick Bates. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.