Charles Willing Byrd (July 26, 1770 – August 25, 1828) was an American politician who was the Secretary of the Northwest Territory, acting Governor of the Northwest Territory and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio.
Charles Willing Byrd
Born 1770 in Westover, VA
Died 1828 in Sinking Springs, OH
FJC ID: 339
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Northwest TerritoryActing governor · 1802–1803
- Northwest TerritorySecretary · 1799–1802
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1797–1799
- Lexington, KentuckyLand agent for Philadelphia financier Robert Morris · 1794–1797
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio1803–1828 · Appointed by Thomas Jefferson (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1794