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William Crawford

William Crawford

Alabama Middle District Court

Born 1784 in Louisa County, VA

Died 1849 in Mobile, AL

FJC ID: 534

William Crawford (1784 – February 28, 1849) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Louisiana
    Land commissioner · 1812–present
  2. U.S. attorney for the District of the Territory of Mississippi
    1814–present
  3. U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
    1824–1826
  4. Alabama
    State senator · 1825–1826
  5. U.S. attorney for the District of Alabama
    1817–1824
  6. Virginia militia lieutenant
    1812–1814
  7. Private practice
  8. Florida
    Land commissioner
  9. Private practice, St. Stephens, Alabama
  10. U.S. District Court, District of Alabama
    Clerk

Appointments

  1. Alabama Middle District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
    1839–1849 (None (assignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. Alabama Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
    1826–1849 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  3. Alabama Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
    1826–1849 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
  2. Hampden-Sydney College