William Wirt

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Attorney General of the United States human lawyer politician presidential candidate

William Wirt was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and became the Anti-Masonic Party’s presidential candidate in the 1832 election.

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William Wirt canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
presidential candidate ⓘ
appointedBy James Monroe ⓘ
burialPlace Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
candidateInElection United States presidential election of 1832 ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election, 1832
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth November 8, 1772 ⓘ
dateOfDeath February 18, 1834 ⓘ
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
Private study of law (reading law) ⓘ
endTime 1829 (as U.S. Attorney General) ⓘ
familyName Wirt ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
essays ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor Anti-Masonic Party presidential nominee in 1832 ⓘ
Longest-serving U.S. Attorney General of the early 19th century ⓘ
Prominent orator and legal advocate ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nominatedBy James Madison ⓘ
notableWork Argument in the trial of Aaron Burr for treason ⓘ
Letters of the British Spy ⓘ
Life of Patrick Henry ⓘ
numberOfChildren 10 (approximate) ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bladensburg, Maryland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
politicalParty Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
United States Attorney General ⓘ
practicedLawIn Maryland ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm James Monroe ⓘ
John Quincy Adams ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
representedPoliticalPartyInElection Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Masonic Party in the 1832 U.S. presidential election
runningMate Amos Ellmaker ⓘ
servedInOffice United States Attorney General ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Gamble ⓘ
Mildred Gilmer ⓘ
startTime 1817 (as U.S. Attorney General) ⓘ

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United States presidential election of 1832 → thirdPlaceCandidate → William Wirt ⓘ
Dartmouth College v. Woodward → hasCounsel → William Wirt ⓘ
Aaron Burr treason trial → hasProsecutor → William Wirt ⓘ
Amos Ellmaker → runningMateOf → William Wirt ⓘ
Anti-Masonic Party → nominatedForPresident → William Wirt ⓘ