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William Wirt

About the Author

William Wirt (1772-1834) prosecuted Aaron Burr during the Jefferson Administration, and was attorney general under Presidents Monroe and Adams. At the first nominating convention by a United States political party, he became a candidate for President on the Anti-Masonic ticket. His skull, robbed from his grave in the 1970s, wasn’t returned until 2005.

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