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William Bayard Shields
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Mississippi · 1818
William Bayard Shields , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Mississippi. William Bayard Shields (1780 – April 18, 1823) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.
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Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, -1802; Secretary of state, State of Delaware, 1802; Private practice, Natchez, Mississippi, 1803-1809, -1812, 1814-1817; U.S. agent to adjust land claims west of the Pearl River, 1804; Territorial legislator, Mississippi Territory, 1808-1809, 1813-1814; Attorney general, Mississippi Territory, 1809-; Judge, Mississippi Superior and Supreme Courts, 1817-1818
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William Bayard Shields (1780 – April 18, 1823) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.
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