LC control no. | n 91124941 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Saulsbury, Willard, 1820-1892 |
See also | Graduate of: Dickinson College Graduate of: Delaware College Family: Saulsbury (Family : Dover, Del.) |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Newark (Del.) Carlisle (Pa.) Georgetown (Del.) Dover (Del.) |
Birth date | 1820-06-02 |
Death date | 1892-04-06 |
Place of birth | Mispillion Hundred (Del.) |
Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
Field of activity | Law Legislation politics government |
Affiliation | Democratic Party (U.S.) Delaware. Court of Chancery United States. Congress. Senate |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Lawyers Attorneys general (State) Chancellors (State) |
Found in | Addresses 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) |