William Cranch
- Name
- William Cranch
- Given Name
- William
- Family Name
- Cranch
- Birth Date
- 17 July 1769
- Death Date
- 1 September 1855
- Sex
- Male
- Description
- William Cranch was born on July 17, 1769, in Weymouth, Massachusetts to Mary Smith (sister of Abigail Adams) and Richard Cranch. He moved to the District of Columbia in 1790 to practice law in the new nation's capital. In 1801, he became was a United States circuit judge; in 1806, he became chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
- Place of Significance
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/api/items/7228
- Occupation
- Legal
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