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William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 election .
William Crawford (September 2, 1722 – June 11, 1782) was an American military officer and surveyor who worked as a land agent alongside George Washington while Washington was a teenager. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolutionary War arising to the rank of Colonel.
William H. Crawford (born Feb. 24, 1772, Amherst County [now Nelson County], Virginia—died Sept. 15, 1834, Elberton, Ga., U.S.) was an American political leader of the early U.S. republic; he finished third in electoral votes in the four-candidate race for president in 1824.
A well-known and respected politician of the early nineteenth century who was twice considered for president of the United States, William H. Crawford (1772-1834) of Georgia served in the Senate from 1807 to 1813.
May 18, 2018 · American politician William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) was a leader of the Old Republican wing of the Jeffersonian-Republican party. William H. Crawford was born in western Virginia on Feb. 24, 1772.
William Crawford. In 1749, while surveying land for Lord Fairfax, George Washington met a young man remarkably like himself. The person was William Crawford, a Virginian standing well over six feet tall who had been born in 1722 and raised by a widowed mother.
Dec 17, 2006 · Although best known nationally for his 1824 bid for the presidency, the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history up to that point, Crawford served the state and nation in a variety of ways, including terms as a U.S. senator, cabinet member under two presidents, and foreign diplomat.
