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Saulsbury, Willard, 1820-1892

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Personal name headingSaulsbury, Willard, 1820-1892
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See alsoGraduate of: Dickinson College
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Graduate of: Delaware College
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Family: Saulsbury (Family : Dover, Del.)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNewark (Del.) Carlisle (Pa.) Georgetown (Del.) Dover (Del.)
Birth date1820-06-02
Death date1892-04-06
Place of birthMispillion Hundred (Del.)
Place of deathDover (Del.)
Field of activityLaw Legislation
politics
government
AffiliationDemocratic Party (U.S.) Delaware. Court of Chancery
United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationLegislators Politicians Lawyers
Attorneys general (State)
Chancellors (State)
Found inAddresses delivered by Chief Justice James Pennewill ... 1916: t.p. (Willard Saulsbury) p. 22, etc. (born June 2, 1820; died Apr. 6, 1892)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, October 13, 2016 (Saulsbury, Willard, Sr., (1820-1892); Senator from Delaware 1859-1871; party: Democrat; brother of Eli Saulsbury and father of Willard Saulsbury, Jr.; born in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Del., June 2, 1820; attended Dickinson College and Delaware College; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Georgetown, Del.; attorney general of Delaware 1850-1855; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1858; reelected in 1864 and served from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1871; resumed practice of law; chancellor of the State from 1874 until his death in Dover, Del., April 6, 1892)