William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney...
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William Wirt may refer to: William Wirt (attorney general) (1772–1834), Attorney General of the United States William Wirt (educator) (1874–1938), superintendent...
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William Wirt Winchester (June 22, 1837 – March 7, 1881) was an American and the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a position he held...
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American politician and lawyer Václav Wirt (1893–1962), Czech gymnast Wigand Wirt (1460–1519), German theologian William Wirt (attorney general) (1772–1834)...
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William Albert Wirt (January 21, 1874 – March 11, 1938) was a superintendent of schools in Gary, Indiana. Wirt developed the Gary Plan for the more efficient...
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American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester, and her mother in law, Jane Ellen Hope. Winchester has become...
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the first major U.S. third parties, nominated former Attorney General William Wirt. Jackson faced heavy criticism for his actions in the Bank War, but remained...
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William Wirt Adams (1819–1888) was a banker, planter, state legislator, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Adams was born in Frankfort...
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chose former U.S. attorney general William Wirt as their standard bearer in the 1832 presidential election; Wirt won 7.8% of the popular vote and carried...
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General and presidential candidate William Wirt. The county is served by one high school, Wirt County High School. Wirt County is part of the Parkersburg-Vienna...
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William Wirt Hastings (December 31, 1866 – April 8, 1938) was an American lawyer, educator and politician who served nine terms as a U.S. Representative...
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Prohibition 103,708 Third-party candidate. William Z. Foster 1932 Communist 103,307 Third-party candidate. William Wirt 1832 Anti-Masonic 100,715 Third-party...
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delivered his speech and eighteen years after his death, biographer William Wirt published a posthumous reconstruction of the speech in his 1817 work...
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popular vote. Governor John Floyd of Virginia Former Attorney General William Wirt of Maryland Former President Martin Van Buren of New York Former President...
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William Wirt Sikes (November 23, 1836 – August 18, 1883) was an American journalist and writer, perhaps best known today for his writings on Welsh folklore...
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The population was 106 at the 2010 census. Wirt Township was named for William Wirt, ninth United States Attorney General. According to the United States...
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personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's...
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Gary Plan (section Wirt establishes the Gary Plan)
Superintendent William Wirt in 1907 and implemented in the newly built steel mill city of Gary, Indiana. Reformers tried to copy it across the country. Wirt later...
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Treasury William H. Crawford, Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Crowninshield, and Attorney General William Wirt. Adams developed...
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William Wirt Kimball (January 9, 1848 – January 26, 1930) was a U.S. naval officer and an early pioneer in the development of submarines. Kimball was born...
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directed to filling the office of vice president. Elections in Vermont William Wirt, 1832; John Quincy Adams, 1828; George Washington, 1792. For purposes...
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William A Wirt Senior High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana. In May 2009 the...
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face any opposition in the election, although one presidential elector, William Plumer, cast his vote for John Quincy Adams. The Democratic-Republican...
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William Wirt Watkins (April 1, 1826 – January 15, 1898) was an American politician. He was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and later moved to Arkansas...
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William Wirt McConnell (May 4, 1834 – December 26, 1895) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House...
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William Wirt Howe (November 24, 1833 – March 17, 1909) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1868, to December 3, 1872. Born in...
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was primarily on the New Jersey side of the river. Attorney General William Wirt sided with Delaware. In the 1840s, the Pea Patch Island disagreement...
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national popular vote margin. Because third party candidates John Floyd and William Wirt each won several electoral votes, Pennsylvania was the tipping point...
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Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry, the unit was renamed after its commander, William Wirt Adams, in December, 1861. After Adams was promoted to Brigadier general...
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1768 – Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) 1772 – William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General (d...
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