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Seth Barton (attorney)
Seth Barton (December 5, 1795 – December 29, 1854) was an attorney and government official who was active in Alabama and Louisiana. He served the federal government as Solicitor of the United States Treasury and Chargé d'affaires in Chile. Biography Barton was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1795, the son of shipping merchant Seth Barton and Sarah Emerson (Maxwell) Barton. He attended Washington and Lee University, where he studied law and attained admission to the bar. In 1821 he relocated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he continued to practice law and became involved in the newspaper business. He apparently served in the militia, in that he was often referred to in correspondence and press accounts as "Colonel", though the exact details of his military service are not currently known. Barton was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1825. In 1828 Barton was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Barton moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solicitor Of The United States Treasury
The Solicitor of the Treasury position was created in the United States Department of the Treasury by an act of May 29, 1830 , which changed the name of the Agent of the Treasury. Function The Solicitor of the Treasury served as legal advisor to the department, and examined Treasury officers' official bonds and related legal documents. He also supervised all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States. In addition, he established regulations to guide customs collectors, issued distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts. Predecessor agencies * Comptroller of the Treasury (1789–1817) * First Comptroller of the Treasury (1817–20) * Agent of the Treasury (1820–30) Position abolished The position of Solicitor of the Treasury was abolished by an act of May 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 759). Successor agency The Solicitor of the Treasury's pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
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19th-century American Diplomats
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American Lawyers
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Washington And Lee University Alumni
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Politicians From New Orleans
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Members Of The Alabama House Of Representatives
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People From Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
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1854 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 Births
Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the first state university in the United States. * January 16 – War of the First Coalition: Flanders campaign: The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. * January 18 – Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam: William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country. * January 19 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). * January 20 – French troops enter Amsterdam. * January 23 – Flanders campaign: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th Hussars. * February 7 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balie Peyton
Balie Peyton (November 26, 1803 – August 18, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Tennessee's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Peyton was born near Gallatin, Tennessee on November 26, 1803. After his preparatory studies, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practicing in Gallatin in 1824. He married Anne Alexander Smith. Career Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and re-elected as a Hugh Lawson White Anti-Jacksonian supporter to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Peyton served from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1837. Peyton moved to New Orleans in 1841, having been appointed the U.S. Attorney for the District of Louisiana, a position he held for four years from 1841 to 1845. Family life for Peyton was shattered by the fatal illness of his thirty-four-year-old wife in New Orleans in 1845. Two years later, his youngest daughter, “Nan,” died at age seven when thrown from her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Crump (diplomat)
William Crump may refer to: * William Crump (Texas politician) (1809/10–1889), first Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives * William Crump (MP), English politician, MP for Canterbury * William Crump (diplomat), U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Chile (1845–1847) * William Crump (gardener), 19th-century British horticulturalist ** William Crump, an apple (Cox's Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain) named for the horticulturalist * Bill Crump (1903–1995), Anglican bishop in Canada * Bill Crump (cricketer) This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Auckland cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. A * John Acklan ... (1928–2022), New Zealand cricketer * William Wood Crump (1819–1897), Virginia lawyer and politician {{hndis, name=Crump, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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