乔治·威斯，弗吉尼亚州国会议员(1726-1806)

WYTHE,乔治来自弗吉尼亚州的代表;1726年出生在弗吉尼亚州伊丽莎白市县的后河附近;在母亲的私人指导下，他进入弗吉尼亚州威廉斯堡的威廉与玛丽学院学习;学习法律;1746年获得律师资格，1755年开始在伊丽莎白市县执业;1755年左右搬到威廉斯堡;1758-1768年下议院议员;1759年被任命为通信委员会成员;1763年搬到他在伊丽莎白市县的庄园，1768年回到威廉斯堡;1768年至1775年任下议院书记; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; speaker of the house of delegates in 1777; judge of the Virginia Chancery Court in 1777; appointed sole chancellor of Virginia in 1778; professor of law at the College of William and Mary from 1779 to 1791, when he resigned and moved to Richmond, Va.; conducted a private school in Richmond and continued teaching until his death; delegate to the Federal Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1787; a member of the State ratification convention in 1788; died in Richmond, Va., June 8, 1806; interment in St. Johnâs Churchyard.

参考书目

罗伯特·柯特兰著。乔治·威斯:律师、革命者、法官．纽约:Garland, 1986。

资料来源:美国国会传记目录，1771年至今