William Gillespie Wyly
American judge
About William Gillespie Wyly
Lived 1831 – 1903 (aged 71–72).
William Gillespie Wyly (February, 1831 – September 25, 1903) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1868, to November 3, 1876.
Born in Greeneville, Tennessee, Wyly graduated from Jefferson College. He was elected a District Judge in 1868, but "resigned shortly thereafter to become Supreme Court Justice". Wyly "owned one of the largest Cotton Plantations in Louisiana", and ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1877.
Wyly died on the S.S. St. Louis en route from Liverpool to New York City.
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Who was William Gillespie Wyly?
American judge
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William Gillespie Wyly was born in 1831.
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William Gillespie Wyly died in 1903 in sea.
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