Wirt, William
Born: Nov 08, 1772 AD
Died: 1834 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
Died: 1834 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
1772 - Born in Bladensburg, Maryland on the 8th of November.
1792 - Wirt was privately educated, studied law and was admitted to the Virginia bar.
1807 - President Thomas Jefferson asked him to be the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's treason trial.
1817 - President James Monroe named him the ninth Attorney General of the United States.
- Wirt wrote Life and Character of Patrick Henry, a biography of Patrick Henry which contained the supposed text of some of Henry's speeches, many of which had never been published.
1829 - He held for 12 years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams.
1830 - In June, a delegation of Cherokee led by Chief John Ross selected Wirt on the urging of Senators Webster and Frelinghuysen to defend Cherokee rights before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1834 - Died on the 18th of February.
1792 - Wirt was privately educated, studied law and was admitted to the Virginia bar.
1807 - President Thomas Jefferson asked him to be the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's treason trial.
1817 - President James Monroe named him the ninth Attorney General of the United States.
- Wirt wrote Life and Character of Patrick Henry, a biography of Patrick Henry which contained the supposed text of some of Henry's speeches, many of which had never been published.
1829 - He held for 12 years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams.
1830 - In June, a delegation of Cherokee led by Chief John Ross selected Wirt on the urging of Senators Webster and Frelinghuysen to defend Cherokee rights before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1834 - Died on the 18th of February.
Page last updated: 3:12pm, 13th Jul '07
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Life of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (Hardcover - Jun 24, 1982)  |
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Sketches of the life and character of Patrick Henry (The library of American freedoms) by William Wirt (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) IT is almost unnecessary to state that the display which Mr. Henry had made in "the parsons' cause," as it was popularly called, placed him, at once, at the head of his profession, in that quarter of... |
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The Gary school system: A series of articles by William J McNally (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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Utilization of the school plant (National education association of the United States. Journal of proceedings and addresses) by William Albert Wirt (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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