Can you think of anything "interesting" about him?
2006-09-01 12:33:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
William Wirt was born on November 8, 1772 at Blandensburg, Maryland. He argued over 170 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, though had little formal schooling.
Wirt acted as prosecutor in the conspiracy trial of Aaron Burr in 1807.
Wirt was a friend of St. George Tucker, a fellow lawyer poet and they exchanged manuscripts of poems over the years. His first book was an anonymous collection of sketches called The Letters of a British Spy.
2006-09-01 12:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Born in Bladensburg, Maryland to a Swiss father and a German mother, Wirt was privately educated, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792. After several years as a lawyer, he became clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, then chancellor of the Eastern District of Virginia. In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson asked him to be the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's treason trial. President James Monroe named him the ninth Attorney General of the United States in 1817, a position he held for 12 years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams, until 1829."
2006-09-01 19:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by nikkimccarty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-01 22:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is British
2006-09-01 19:38:15 · answer #4 · answered by The Foosaaaah 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never have. How are you, btw?
2006-09-01 19:34:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no never
2006-09-01 19:34:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋