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  Crawford, William Harris. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In a duel Crawford killed a partisan of John Clark, head of the opposite faction, and in another duel was wounded by Clark.
In the U.S. Senate (1807–13), Crawford staunchly advocated rechartering the Bank of the United States.
Crawford later served as a judge in Georgia.
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 CRAWFORD, WILLIAM HARRIS
In 1779 the Crawford family moved from Virginia to Edgefield District, S.C., and in 1783 to a farm in what is now Columbia County, Ga. Young William studied under Moses Waddel, taught for two years at the Richmond Academy in Augusta (1796—98), read law while teaching, and was admitted to the bar in 1799.
Crawford’s two years in Paris were frustrating, and were de­voted mainly to vain efforts to convince France that it should pay for the American ships and cargoes seized illegally under Napoleon’s decrees.
As 1824 approached, Crawford was almost universally believed to be the strongest candidate to succeed Monroe as president, and in February 1824 Crawford received the last nomination made by a congressional caucus of the Republican party.
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 William Hamilton Crawford and Family of Woods Creed, Tyler County, Texas
William Hamilton Crawford, who migrated to Texas in the 1850s settling in the Woods Creed area of Tyler and Polk Counties, comes from a proud and noble Scot heritage.
Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, who as a army doctor was responsible for the eradication of the mosquito that caused yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone.
William Crawford’s age is 60, and by 1870 his wife Sarah Ann is deceased.
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 Medical Histories of Presidential Candidates
William Crawford, a leading candidate for the upcoming election of 1824, was incapacitated by a stroke.
Crawford left Washington, his jovial mood unruffled by the clouds upon the horizon of his fortunes, his enormous frame apparently bearing with ease the burden of fifty-one years.
Had Crawford died from the stroke, or been forced to withdraw from the campaign, it is possible the election would have gone to Jackson.
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 EARLS OF CRAWFORD - Online Information article about EARLS OF CRAWFORD
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The earls of Balcarres are descended from John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir (1552–1598), a younger son of David Lindsay, 9th earl of Crawford.
This earl did not claim the earldom of Crawford, although he became earl de jure in 18o8, but in 1843 his son James Lindsay (1783–1869) did so, and in 1848 the claim was allowed by the House of Lords.
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 William H. Crawford
The American statesman William Harris Crawford was born in Amherst county, Virginia, on the 24th of February 1772.
In 1816 in the congressional caucus which nominated James Monroe for the presidency Crawford was a strong opposing candidate, a majority being at first in his favor, but when the vote was finally cast 65 were for Monroe and 54 for Crawford.
During the campaign Crawford was stricken with paralysis, and when the electoral vote was cast Jackson received 99, Adams 84, Crawford 41, and Clay 37.
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 William H. Crawford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an important American politician, as well as a judge, during the early 19th century.
Crawford soon became a respected and influential senator, and was elected president pro tempore in 1811.
Crawford was again a leading candidate for the Democratic-Republican presidential nomination in 1824, but a massive stroke in 1823 ended his chances.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_H._Crawford   (641 words)

  
 Crawford County, Indiana History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William Harris Crawford (born 24 Feb 1772, in Virginia; died 15 Sep 1834, in Georgia) was a U.S. Senator (1807-1813); Secretary of War (1815-1816); Secretary of Treasury (1816-1825); and a presidential candidate in 1824.
Crawford County, IN 1820 Census, contributed to the USGenWeb archives, by Dee Floyd-Pavey.
Patoka Township is located in the northwestern corner of Crawford County, with the Crawford County townships of Sterling and Johnson, to the east and south respectively, Jackson Township, in Orange County, to the north, and Hall and Jefferson Townships, in Dubois County to the west.
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 CrawfordCounty
Crawford County is located in the Eastern central part of Illinois and is a hot spot for paranormal activity!
Crawford County was named after William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) and at one time stretched it's borders nearly into Canada!
The Crawford County oil boom was on, and from 1908 to 1910, the county was credited as being the greatest oil producing area in the world.
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 Common Ground
Named for William Harris Crawford, a long-time political figure in his native Georgia and a cabinet member under both Presidents Madison and Monroe, Crawford Hall became an active residence hall in 1963.
William H. Crawford was Secretary of the Treasury when Monroe signed the charter of GW’s ancestor institution, Columbian College, and may have sat on the platform with Monroe and the rest of his cabinet during the first commencement in 1824.
Senator J. William Fulbright was the GW alumnus and Arkansas Democrat whose congressional resolution in 1943 signaled that body's willingness to have the United States join the world peace organization, later known as the United Nations.
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 William Harris (W. H.) Crawford
William Harris Crawford was one of the first national politicians from the state of Georgia.
Crawford promptly used his new power to build up a strong political machine in the Treasury Department, devoted to his personal advancement.
Crawford returned to Georgia where he served as a judge until his death in 1834.
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 RebeccaLanier
William Harris Crawford and at the age of 27 succeeded
Judge William L. Harris was born in Georgia in 1807, graduated from the University in Athens
Jeptha Vining Harris graduated from the University of Georgia in 1836.
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 Crawford County Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In 1821, when the Federal Land Office opened in Palestine, Crawford County encompassed the territory North to Wisconsin, and much of the land where Chicago was built was purchased here for $1.25 per acre.
Crawford County's first courthouse was located in the bustling town of Palestine.
From 1908 to 1910, Crawford County was credited as being the greatest oil producing area in the world.
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 William Harris Crawford - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In the U.S. Senate (1807-13), Crawford staunchly advocated rechartering the Bank of the United States.
Profile: Derek Harris - Leading light plans to leave his mark.
Julie Harris, Growing In Stages; A `Survivor' Returns to Her Theater Roots in `Miss Daisy'
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 President Elect - 1824
- William Crawford of Georgia was the chosen candidate of the last of the congressional caucuses, which had become unpopular with the people who saw them as undemocratic.
Crawford was charged with misconduct in his official duties.
The also-ran, Clay, happened to be the Speaker of the House and there was much talk of whether he would use his influence as Speaker and as a former candidate to sway the vote.
www.presidentelect.org /e1824.html   (779 words)

  
 Our Harris Family - Sherry's Genealogy Home Page - Our Georgia Families
William Harris, the son of Robert and Mary Claiborne Rice Harris, was born about 1696 in Hanover County, Virginia and died before 1733 in Virginia.
Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my son, Christopher Harris, forty acres of woodland ground lying and being in the County of Albemarle, on a large spur of the Blue Ridge mountains near the place commonly called and known by the name of "Bear Cornfield" to him and his heirs forever.
Nancy Harris, the daughter of Robert and Lucretia Brown Harris, was born 12 Nov 1763 in Virginia and died after 1815 in South Carolina.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Crawford
Crawford, Dick — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Republican.
Crawford, Robert Lafayette (1825-1863) — of South Carolina.
Crawford, Thomas Hartley (1786-1863) — Born in Chambersburg,
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/crawford.html   (1238 words)

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
William H. Crawford was one of four candidates for President in 1824.
Candidates were generally nominated by state legislatures, party leaders, or by gatherings of party members in Congress, known as a "caucus." Share with the class the sections "The Congressional Nominating Caucus" and "Decline of the Nominating Caucus" from the article Caucus on Grolier's The American Presidency, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library.
William Crawford was the candidate nominated by the Democratic-Republican caucus in 1824.
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 John Clarke — FactMonster.com
Clarke favored the 1647 union of the Aquidneck settlements with Providence and Warwick and in 1651 went with Roger Williams to England to defend the union against Coddington's attacks.
William Coddington - Coddington, William, 1601–78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b.
William Harris Crawford - Crawford, William Harris, 1772–1834, American statesman, b.
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 Million Dollar Certificate -- Monday, Aug. 24, 1931 -- Page 1 -- TIME
Selected to decorate the $1,000,000 certificate was a portrait of William Harris Crawford who served from 1816 to 1825 as Secretary of the Treasury.
In the election Crawford was a poor third and the choice was thrown into the House of Representatives where Adams was elected with 13 States voting for him, Jackson getting seven, Crawford four.
Historically the defeat of Crawford marked the end of "King Caucus," the beginning of a slow movement toward the nominating conventions of today.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,752971,00.html   (672 words)

  
 Acting Vice President, Part II
The President Pro Tem of the Senate was William Harris Crawford of Georgia.
William Crawford was born in 1772, and was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives where he served from 1803-1807.
In 1807, he was elected by the legislature to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Abraham Baldwin.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/118008   (516 words)

  
 Crawford County, Arkansas AR, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Crawford County is one of 75 counties in Arkansas.
This was an increase of 6.26% from the 2000 census.
Crawford County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11456   (427 words)

  
 Texas Politics - Governors: Charles A. Culberson
Eugenia Culberson belonged to the Crawford family of Georgia, a member of which, William Harris Crawford, had been a United States senator, minister to France, secretary of war, and secretary of the treasury in the early nineteenth century.
He was admitted to the bar at Daingerfield, Texas, in 1877 and was elected county attorney of Marion County shortly thereafter.
He married Sally Harrison, daughter of William M. and Elizabeth Ann (Epperson) Harrison of Jefferson, in 1882.
texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu /html/exec/governors/07.html   (726 words)

  
 Crawfords in the money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William Harris Crawford was a major political figure in early American politics.
He served as Senator from Geogia; President Pro Tempore of the Senate during the Twelfth Congress; Minister to France 1813-1815; Secretary of War 1815; and Secretary of the Treasury 1816-1825.
His son Nathaniel Macon Crawford was an academic who served as President of Mercer College until his death.
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 William Harris CRAWFORD — Infoplease.com
“William H. Crawford: A Contextual Biography.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1971.
“William H. Crawford and the War of 1812.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 26 (1942): 16-39.
“William H. Crawford on the Election of 1828: Two Letters.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 37 (December 1953): 340-45.
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 Georgia Historical Plates - Oconee Regional Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
These are: Bethesda, first orphanage in America; home of Doctor Crawford W. Long, discoverer of anesthesia; the Savannah, first steamship to cross the Atlantic; Fort Frederica, fortification against the Spanish invasion; and Liberty Hall, home of Alexander H. Stephens.
Group of portraits of Georgia Patriots of Colonial and Revolutionary era includes Lyman Hall, Archibald Bullock, William Harris Crawford, James Jackson, Button Gwinett, William Few, John Milledge, George Walton, Abraham Baldwin, Joseph Habersham, Crawford W. Long.
Center portraits of the plates were chosen because these men represent Georgia in the Hall of Fame at the National Capitol in Washington.
www.laurens.public.lib.ga.us /index.pl/georgia_historical_plates   (541 words)

  
 Vincent Crawford
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Here, the address, to the Minister, was diminutive and feminine; there the superscription, to a certain royal personage, was markedly bold and decided; the size alone formed a point of correspondence.
Crawford and Elsie Marie Knoer, "Job Matching with Heterogeneous Firms and Workers," Econometrica 49 (March 1981), 437-450; and
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 AU Archives -- Guide to the J. E. D. Shipp Papers, RG 181
William B. Guerry was born in Twiggs County, Georgia on April 21, 1821.
He relocated to Americus in 1841 where he admitted to the bar and in 1845 was elected judge of the district court and later county solicitor.
By the 1870's, William and his son DuPont operated a law firm in Americus.
www.lib.auburn.edu /archive/find-aid/181.htm   (947 words)

  
 Official Savannah Georgia Guide - Crawford Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Not many people know that all of Savannah's Historic Squares were once fenced in.
Today, only Crawford Square still retains a fence partially around it.
This square in Savannah is named for William Harris Crawford, a one time frontrunner for President of the United States in the 1800s.
www.officialsavannahguide.com /printer_crawfordsquare.shtml   (61 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Crawford County, Ga.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Capital Impact: Crawford County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Crawford County GAGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 10, 2005.
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 AllRefer.com - William Harris Crawford (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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