What is William H. Crawford?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=William Harris Crawford | image=WilliamHarrisCrawford5.jpg | order=9th | title=[[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start=August 1, 1815 | term_end=October 22, 1816 | president=[[James Madison]] | predecessor=[[James Monroe]] | successor=[[John C. Calhoun]] | order2=7th | title2=[[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] | term_start2=October 22, 1816 | term_end2=March 6, 1825 | president2=[[James Madison]] (1816-1817)<br>[[James Monroe]] (1817-1825) | predecessor2=[[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]] | successor2=[[Richard Rush]] | birth_date={{birth date|1772|2|24|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Amherst County, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date={{death date and age|1834|9|15|1772|2|24}} | death_place=[[Crawford, Georgia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | party=[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] | spouse= | profession=[[Lawyer]], [[Politician]], [[Judge]], [[Farmer]], [[Teacher]] }} '''William Harris Crawford''' (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an important [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and [[judge]] during the early 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=William Harris Crawford (1772-1834)|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-harris-crawford-1772-1834|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-07|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|language=en|quote=In 1804 he married a former pupil, Susanna Gerardin, soon after purchasing his Woodlawn estate in [[Lexington, Georgia|Lexington]]. They had nine children; their son Nathaniel would become a mathematics professor at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and the president of Mercer University in [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]]. William Crawford aspired to live the life of a country gentleman, but he would not get the chance to do so until the end of his career. In the meantime he gradually added to his landholdings at Woodlawn and became the overseer of a good-sized [[plantation]]. By 1834 he owned 1,300 acres and enslaved