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William H. Crawford
(1772–1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as
United States Secretary of War
and
United States Secretary of the Treasury
before running for president in the
1824 election
. Born in Virginia, Crawford moved to
Georgia
at a young age and studied law. In 1803 he was elected to the
Georgia House of Representatives
, and in 1807 the Georgia legislature elected him to the
United States Senate
. Under President
James Madison
, he was made U.S. minister to France before taking several cabinet posts. Despite suffering a severe stroke in 1823, Crawford sought the presidency with the
Democratic-Republican Party
. As no candidate won a majority of the
electoral vote
, the
United States House of Representatives
selected
John Quincy Adams
as president from the three candidates who had received the most electoral votes. Crawford was then asked to remain at Treasury, but refused, and spent the last decade of his life as a judge of the
Georgia state superior court
.
Engraving:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restoration:
Andrew Shiva
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