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William H. Crawford
WilliamHCrawford
Historical Figure
Nationality: United States
Year of Birth: 1772
Year of Death: 1834
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Occupation: Lawyer, Educator, Politician, Farmer
Fictional Appearances:
Trail of Glory
POD: March 27, 1814
Appearance(s): 1824: The Arkansas War

William Harris Crawford (1772–1834) was an American politician during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824. He suffered a stroke in 1823 that badly impeded him during the election the next year. While he was able to capture some of the electoral vote, it was not enough when the race went to the House of Representatives. After the election, he became a state court judge in Georgia.

William H. Crawford in Trail of Glory[]

Political offices
(OTL)
Preceded by
George Jones
United States Senator from Georgia
1807–1813
Succeeded by
William B. Bulloch
Preceded by
John Pope
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
March 24, 1812–March 23, 1813
Succeeded by
Joseph Bradley Varnum
Preceded by
Joel Barlow
U.S. Minister to France
1813–1815
Succeeded by
Albert Gallatin
Preceded by
James Monroe
Secretary of War
1815–1816
Succeeded by
John C. Calhoun
Preceded by
Alexander J. Dallas
Secretary of the Treasury
1816–1825
Succeeded by
Richard Rush
Party political offices
(OTL)
Preceded by
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican Party presidential candidate(1)
1824 (lost)
Succeeded by
End of title
Political offices
(Trail of Glory)
Preceded by
John Quincy Adams
Secretary of State for the United States
1825-18??
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Notes and references
1. The Democratic-Republican Party split in 1824, fielding four separate candidates: Crawford, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay.
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