This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on William Henry Stiles is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
William Henry Stiles (January 1, 1808 – December 20, 1865) was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia. He was the grandson of Joseph Clay.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1808, Millen
 |
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (October 2008) |
studied law at yale College, gained admittance to the state bar in 1831 and practiced law in Savannah. He served as the solicitor general for Georgia's eastern district from1833 to 1836. In 1842, Millen
|
|
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (October 2008) |
was elected as a Democratic Representative from Georgia to the 28th United States Congress and served one term from March 4, 1843, until March 3, 1845.
On April 19, 1845, Stiles was appointed by U.S. President James Polk at chargé d’affaires to Austria, a position which he held until October 1849. He then returned to his beloved Etowah Cliffs in Cass County where he had a plantation, and lived with his wife Eliza Anne MacKay Stiles, and his children: Mary Cowper Stiles, William Henry Stiles Jr., and Robert MacKay Stiles, and was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1858 and served as that body's speaker of the house.
Stiles served as one of Georgia's at-large delegates to the commercial congress in Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], Alabama, in 1858. He also was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention. During the American Civil War, Stiles served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army. He died in Savannah on December 20, 1865 and was buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in that same city.
| United States House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Flournoy Foster |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's At-large congressional district March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845. |
Succeeded by Seaborn Jones |
References
- William Henry Stiles at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
External links
- William Henry Stiles at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-14
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stiles, William Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Confederate Army officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
.svg){kind=small} |
This article about a politician from the state of Georgia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This biographical article related to the United States military is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
This article about the American Civil War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 20 October 2008, at 01:37.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "William Henry Stiles".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.