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William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) —
also known as William H. Crawford —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.
Born in Nelson
County, Va., February
24, 1772.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1807-13; U.S. Minister to France, 1813-15; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1815-16; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1816-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824; state court judge in Georgia, 1827.
Died in Oglethorpe
County, Ga., September
15, 1834 (age 62 years, 203
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Relatives: Uncle
of Nathan
Crawford Barnett. |
| | | Crawford counties in Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mo. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Crawford
Wheatley
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about William Harris Crawford:
Philip Jackson Green, The
life of William Harris Crawford (out of print) —
Philip Jackson Green, The
public life of William Harris Crawford, 1807-1825 (out of
print) — Everette Wayne Cutler, William
H. Crawford: A contextual biography (out of print) —
Robert Coleman Lorish, William
H. Crawford and the presidential election of 1824 (out of
print) |
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Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) —
also known as M. Pope Barrow —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born near Stephens, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., August 1,
1839.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1880-81; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1888;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1903 (age 64 years, 144
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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