William Fell Giles

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William Fell Giles

William Fell Giles (born April 8, 1807 in Harford County , Maryland , †  March 21, 1879 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

William Giles first attended a private school and then the Bel Air Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1829, he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1838 to 1840 . In the congressional election of 1844 , Giles was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John P. Kennedy on March 4, 1845 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1846, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1847 . This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

From 1853, William Giles was a judge in the federal district court for the district of Maryland. He served on the board of the American Colonization Society for more than 30 years . He was also a Maryland state commissioner to oversee the emigration of free African American people to Liberia . William Giles died on March 21, 1879 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Giles, William Fell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Harford County , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1879
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland