About William Bayard Shields
Lived 1780 – 1823 (aged 42–43). William Bayard Shields was an American lawyer, judge and politician.
William Bayard Shields (1780 – April 18, 1823) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.
Education and career
Born in 1780, in Maryland, Shields read law He entered private practice in Wilmington, Delaware until 1802.
As of 1812 he was a director of the Bank of Mississippi, capitalized at $500,000, along with Stephen Minor, Ferdinand Claiborne, Samuel Postlethwaite, Wm. Brooks, John Hankerson, Lyman Harding, Wm. G. Forman, Jeremiah Hunt, Lewis Evans, Jas. McIntosh, Thos. Wilkins, and Jas. C. Wilkins.
Federal judicial service
Shields was nominated by President James Monroe on April 20, 1818, to the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi, to a new seat authorized by 3 Stat. 413. due to his death in Natchez.
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United States federal judge
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William Bayard Shields was born in 1780 in Maryland.
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William Bayard Shields died on 19 April 1823 in Mississippi, Natchez, Mississippi.
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William Bayard Shields was a lawyer, judge and politician.
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William Bayard Shields was American.
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