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WILLIAM WIRT

William Wirt was an American lawyer. He was born in 1772 at Virginia and died in 1834. He was a cabinet officer, and one of the ablest and most eloquent lawyers in the United States. He sat at one time in the State House of Delegates, but aside from that office he was not active in political life. One of his most celebrated speeches was that delivered in 1807 in the prosecution of Aaron Burr. From 1817 until 1829 William Wirt was Attorney-General of the United States. In 1832 he was the Anti-Masonic candidate for President, and received seven electoral votes.
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