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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › William-H-CrawfordWilliam H. Crawford | Secretary of War, Secretary of Treasury ...

    Sep 11, 2024 · Crawford refused Adams’ invitation to stay on as secretary of the treasury and instead returned to Georgia, where he served as a judge until his death. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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  2. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org › articles › historyWilliam Harris Crawford - New Georgia Encyclopedia

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    Crawford was born on February 24, 1772, in Amherst County (later Nelson County), Virginia, to Fanny Harris and Joel Crawford. The family moved to the Edgefield District of South Carolina in 1779 and then to Richmond County (later Columbia County), Georgia, in 1783. After several years of teaching and farming, Crawford enrolled at Moses Waddel’s Car...

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    Crawford’s political career got under way in 1799, when he was appointed to write a digest of Georgia laws, and the resulting work, Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia, written with Horatio Marbury, was published in 1801. In 1803 Crawford was elected to represent Oglethorpe County in the state House of Representatives. He quickly allied hims...

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    Upon the death of U.S. senator Abraham Baldwin in 1807, the state legislaturechose Crawford to replace him. True to his character, Crawford refused to be bound by partisan loyalties in Washington D.C., which helped win him reelection in 1811. That same year, Crawford supported the rechartering of the Bank of the United States; he understood the ban...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › United_States_Secretary_of_WarUnited States Secretary of War - Wikipedia

    In 1947, with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947, the secretary of war was replaced by the secretary of the Army and the secretary of the Air Force, which, along with the secretary of the Navy, have since 1949 been non-Cabinet subordinates under the secretary of defense.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_HWilliam H. Crawford - Wikipedia

    In 1811, Crawford declined to serve as Secretary of War in the Madison administration. In the Senate, he voted for several acts leading up to the War of 1812 and supported the entry into the war, but he was ready for peace: [ 4 ] "Let it then be the wisdom of this nation to remain at peace, as long as peace is within its option."

  5. www.senate.gov › Featured_Bio_CrawfordWilliamWilliam H. Crawford: A Featured Biography - U.S. Senate

    Reluctant in his support for the War of 1812, Crawford at first declined President James Madison’s offer to serve as secretary of war, choosing instead appointment as America’s minister to France in 1813.

  6. millercenter.org › president › madisonWilliam H. Crawford (1815–1816) - Miller Center

    Upon his return to the United States in 1815, President James Madison offered Crawford a position as U.S. secretary of war. Crawford accepted, only to leave that post in 1816 to become secretary of the treasury, serving in the cabinets of Presidents Madison and James Monroe until 1825.

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  8. kids.britannica.com › students › articleWilliam Harris Crawford - Students | Britannica Kids ...

    Crawford refused Adams’s invitation to stay on as secretary of the treasury and instead returned to Georgia, where he served as a judge. Crawford died on September 15, 1834, in Elberton, Georgia. ×