William Bayard Shields
Personal
Birthday:
1780
Birthplace:
MD
Date of Death:
4/19/1823
Place of Death:
Natchez, MS
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, -1802
Secretary of state, State of Delaware, 1802
Private practice, Natchez, Mississippi, 1803-1809, -1812, 1814-1817
U.S. agent to adjust land claims west of the Pearl River, 1804
Territorial legislator, Mississippi Territory, 1808-1809, 1813-1814
Attorney general, Mississippi Territory, 1809-
Judge, Mississippi Superior Court, 1817-1818
Education
Name of School:
Read law Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of Mississippi
President Nominating:
James Monroe
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
04/20/1818
Termination Date:
04/18/1823
Termination Reason:
Death