William Stanbery was an American attorney and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1827 to 1833.
13 Facts About William Stanbery
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William Stanbery was the first attorney to set up a law practice in Newark, where he was one of the old breed of lawyers who "rode the circuit" on horseback.
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William Stanbery practiced in the federal courts with such notabables as Henry Clay and Thomas Ewing.
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William Stanbery was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1824 and 1825.
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William Stanbery was elected a Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1827 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Wilson.
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William Stanbery was reelected as a Jacksonian in 1828 and as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1830.
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William Stanbery was attacking President Andrew Jackson through Houston, and accused him of being in league with John Von Fossen and Robert Rose.
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William Stanbery, now carrying two pistols and a dirk, refused to answer Houston's letters.
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William Stanbery did manage to draw one of his pistols, place it at Houston's chest and pull the trigger, but it misfired.
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William Stanbery pleaded self-defense, but was found guilty in the high-profile trial.
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Judge William Stanbery Cranch found Houston liable and fined him $500, which he never paid, before returning to the Mexican province of Texas.
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William Stanbery was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark.
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William Stanbery was married to Mary Shipley of New York City on June 14,1809, in New York City.