About William Harrison
Lived 1800 – 1900. William Harrison was an American politician and judge.
William Harrison Jr. (c. 1750 – July 21, 1789) was an American planter from Charles County, Maryland. He was a delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress of 1786 and 1787.
Harrison was an active revolutionary in Charles County. He served in the local militia, and as a representative in 1775 to the state's revolutionary assembly, the Annapolis Convention. In 1778 he was named as a justice of the peace for Charles County, and reappointed regularly until 1785.
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Who was William Harrison?
American planter and revolutionary from Maryland (c. 1750–1789)
When was William Harrison born?
William Harrison was born in 1800.
When did William Harrison die?
William Harrison died in 1900.
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William Harrison was a politician and judge.
What nationality was William Harrison?
William Harrison was American.
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