| LC control no. | no2013056813 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 |
| Variant(s) | Sharkey, W. L., 1798-1873 |
| Biography/History note | William Lewis Sharkey (b. July 12, 1798, Sumner County, Tenn.; d. Mar. 30, 1873), American judge and politician from Mississippi. Appointed provisional governor of Mississippi in 1865 by Andrew Johnson. |
| Located | Miss. |
| Birth date | 17980712 |
| Death date | 18730330 |
| Place of birth | Sumner County, Tenn. |
| Place of death | Washington, D.C. |
| Field of activity | Political science Governors |
| Affiliation | Mississippi. Governor (1865 : Sharkey) |
| Profession or occupation | Judges Politicians |
| Found in | Oath of Office of Vice President William R. King, Mar. 26, 1853: (document certifies that the vice presidential oath was administered to William R. King by Consul William Lewis Sharkey) Mississippi History Now WWW site, viewed May 6, 2013: William Lewis Sharkey biography (b. Tennessee, 1797 or 1798; d. Mar. 30, 1873, Washington, D.C.; came to Mississippi in 1803; President Andrew Johnson appointed William Sharkey as provisional governor of Mississippi, June 13, 1865; lawyer; served briefly in the state legislature ... elected chief justice of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals; served briefly as the American Counsel to Cuba; compiled the Mississippi Code of 1857; named provisional governor of Mississippi following the surrender of the Confederate military forces; appointed to the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi Legislature) Wikipedia.org search, May 6, 2013 (William Lewis Sharkey; b. July 12, 1798, Sumner County, Tenn.; d. Mar. 30, 1873; American judge and Mississippi politician) Findagrave.com search, May 6, 2013 (William Lewis Sharkey; b. July 12, 1798; d. Mar. 30, 1873; Governor of Mississippi; burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.) OCLC, May 24, 2014 (hdgs.: Sharkey, William L. (William Lewis), 1797-1873; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1797-1873; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1797-1873; usage: W. L. Sharkey; William Lewis Sharkey) |
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