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*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/record=b1361722~S24 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with tributes presented in eulogy of William H. Bates, late a Representative from Massachusetts] U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1970 |
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George J. Bates (1891-1949) was born in Salem and attended Salem Public Schools. He was member of the State House of Representatives from 1918-24; served as mayor of Salem from 1924-37. He served in Congress from 1937 to when he died in an airplane crash at the Washington D.C. National Airport on Nov. 1, 1949. His internment is in St. Mary's Cemetery.