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William Bayard Shields

Born 1780 in MD

Died 1823 in Natchez, MS

FJC ID: 2178

William Bayard Shields (1780 – April 18, 1823) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Mississippi Territory
    Attorney general · 1809–present
  2. Mississippi Superior and Supreme Courts
    Judge · 1817–1818
  3. Private practice, Natchez, Mississippi, 1803-1809, -
    1812, 1814–1817
  4. Mississippi Territory
    Territorial legislator · 1808–1809, 1813–1814
  5. U.S. agent to adjust land claims west of the Pearl River
    1804
  6. Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, -
    1802
  7. State of Delaware
    Secretary of state · 1802

Appointments

  1. U.S. District Court for the District of Mississippi
    1818–1823 · Appointed by James Monroe (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. District Court, D. Mississippi
    District Court, D. Mississippi
    1818–1823
    Term ended: ded

Education

  1. Read law