Wirt, William, 1772-1834
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WIRT, WILLIAM
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Wirt, William (Attorney General)
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Wirt, William.
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Wirt, William
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Young Englishman of rank, 1772-1834
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William Wirt was born 8 November 1772 in Bladensburg, Maryland, to Jacob Wirt (d. 1774) and Henrietta Wirt (d. 1779). Orphaned, Wirt fortunately received help from an uncle and from a family friend and received an education. He studied law and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, where he was admitted to the Virginia bar and practiced in Culpeper and Albemarle Counties where he lived from 1795 to 1799. He moved to Richmond, Virginia, in 1800 to continue his practice. He was elected clerk of the House of Delegates. In 1802, he was appointed chancellor of one of the three chancery districts and moved to Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1803, he resigned as chancellor and moved to Norfolk, Virginia, to continue his private law practice. Wirt returned to Richmond in 1806 and continued practicing law. He served as one of the prosecution in the Aaron Burr trial in 1807. In 1817, he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States by President James Monroe (1758-1831) and served for twelve years through Monroe's term and through the term of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). In 1829, he retired to private life in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1832, Wirt was the presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic party. Wirt wrote many works including LETTERS OF THE BRITISH SPY and a biography of Patrick Henry. Wirt died in Washington D.C. 18 February 1834, and was buried in the National (Congressional) Cemetery. William Wirt married first Mildred Gilmer (d. 1799) of Albemarle County 28 May 1795. He married second Elizabeth Washington Gamble (1784-1857) of Richmond 7 September 1802, and they had twelve children.
William Wirt, lawyer and author of Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md., served as United States attorney general from 1817 until 1829. He wrote Letters of the British Spy (1803) and Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1817).
Philip Lightfoot of Culpeper County, Virginia served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army Artillery from 1778-1781. He was commissioned as lieutenant in the Virginia militia and as captain in the 8th U. S. Infantry Regiment. His heir [Philip Lightfoot, Jr.] put in a claim for his Revolutionary War service pension in 1831 so he was apparently dead by that year.
Author, lawyer, and attorney general of the United States.
Lawyer, author.
Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1736. He was largely self-educated, becoming a prominent trial lawyer and great orator. The most famous phrase attributed to him is "Give me liberty or give me death." He was delegate to the House of Burgesses, 1765-1774; the Continential Congress, 1774-1776; and the Virginia provincial convention, 1775. He also served as governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Patrick Henry died in 1799.
U.S. attorney general, lawyer, politician, and biographer.
William Wirt (1772-1834), lawyer and author of Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md., served as United States attorney general from 1817 until 1829. he wrote Letters of the British Spy (1803) and Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1817).
American lawyer.
United States Attorney-General, 1817-1829.
U.S. Attorney General.
William Wirt (1772-1834), a Virginia lawyer and author, was a shrewd social commentator. See DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY 20:418-421 for more information.
Dabney Carr (1773-1837), lawyer and jurist, was a friend of and corresponded with William Wirt for thirty-seven years. Carr became chancellor of the chancery district in Winchester, Virginia in 1812 and in 1824 succeeded to the state supreme court of appeals. See DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY 3:515 for more information.
William Wirt, author, lawyer, and Attorney General of the United States (1817-1829). In March of 1831, he argued a case before the Supreme Court as counsel to the Cherokee Nation who sued Georgia for an injunction to prevent the execution of state laws which were intended to lead to the removal of the Indians from Georgia.
Daniel Webster, American lawyer and statesman.
William Wirt, author, lawyer, and Attorney General of the United States (1817-1829). In March of 1831, he argued a case before the Supreme Court as counsel to the Cherokee Nation who sued Georgia for an injunction to prevent the execution of state laws which were intended to lead to the removal of the Indians from Georgia.
Daniel Webster, American lawyer and statesman.
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