Walter Forward
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| In office September 13, 1841 – March 1, 1843 |
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| President | John Tyler |
| Preceded by | Thomas Ewing, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | John C. Spencer |
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| Born | January 24, 1786 East Granby, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 24, 1852 (aged 66) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Party, Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Barclay |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Walter Forward (January 24, 1786 – November 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the brother of Chauncey Forward.
Biography
Born in East Granby, Connecticut, he attended the common schools. After moving with his father to Aurora, Ohio, he settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1803. There he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1806. He practiced in Pittsburgh and also served for several years as editor of the Tree of Liberty. He also served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
In 1822, he was elected to the 17th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Baldwin, and was reelected to the 18th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the 19th Congress.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1837 and played an important role in the establishment of the United States Whig Party in the 1830s.
Forward was an active supporter of the Harrison-Tyler ticket in the U.S. presidential election, 1840. As a reward, Forward was offered the office of United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He declined that appointment but on March 6, 1841 was appointed by President William Henry Harrison to be First Comptroller of the Treasury. He served in that post until September 13, 1841, when he was appointed 15th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler.
During his tenure as Treasury Secretary, the Independent Treasury System of 1840 was abolished, and the government's funds were deposited once more with commercial banks. Soon after Forward took office, he was asked by Millard Fillmore, then chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, to devise a plan to increase the tariff, in response to the serious decrease in revenue caused by the Panic of 1837. He was also asked to develop plans for a "Board of Exchequer" to receive and disburse customs revenue, since the Independent Treasury System was no longer in effect. In August 1842 a strongly protective tariff was passed. Since constant friction with the new President marred his entire tenure as Secretary of the Treasury, he left Tyler's cabinet on February 28, 1843.
After leaving his Cabinet post, Forward resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh until 1849, when he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark by President Zachary Taylor. He returned from Denmark in 1851 to serve as presiding judge of the district court of Allegheny County.[1]
He died in Pittsburgh and is interred in Allegheny Cemetery.
Honors
Forward Township in Allegheny County is named for Walter Forward, as is the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Forward (WMEC-911).
External links
- Walter Forward at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-5-20
- "Walter Forward". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12760379. Retrieved 2009-5-20.
References
- ^ http://news.aol.com/story/_a/black-lawyer-rejected-for-pa-bar-in-1847/n20100504174909990006?ecid=RSS0001
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Baldwin |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1822-1823 |
Succeeded by Andrew Stewart |
| Preceded by District created |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1823–1825 alongside: James Allison, Jr. |
Succeeded by James S. Stevenson and Robert Orr, Jr. |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Ewing, Sr. |
United States Secretary of the Treasury Served under: John Tyler 1841 – 1843 |
Succeeded by John C. Spencer |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by Robert P. Flenniken |
U.S. Ambassador to Denmark 1850–1851 As Chargé d’Affaires |
Succeeded by Andrew J. Ogle |
| v · d · eUnited States Secretaries of the Treasury | |
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Hamilton • Wolcott • Dexter • Gallatin • Campbell • Dallas • Crawford • Rush • Ingham • McLane • Duane • Taney • Woodbury • Ewing • Forward • Spencer • Bibb • Walker • Meredith • Corwin • Guthrie • Cobb • Thomas • Dix • Chase • Fessenden • McCulloch • Boutwell • Richardson • Bristow • Morrill • Sherman • Windom • Folger • Gresham • McCulloch • Manning • Fairchild • Windom • Foster • Carlisle • Gage • Shaw • Cortelyou • MacVeagh • McAdoo • Glass • Houston • Mellon • Mills • Woodin • Morgenthau • Vinson • Snyder • Humphrey • Anderson • Dillon • Fowler • Barr • Kennedy • Connally • Shultz • Simon • Blumenthal • Miller • Regan • Baker • Brady • Bentsen • Rubin • Summers • O'Neill • Snow • Paulson • Geithner |
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| v · d · eCabinet of President John Tyler (1841–1845) | ||
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| Vice President |
None (1841–1845) |
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| Secretary of State |
Daniel Webster (1841–1843) • Abel P. Upshur (1843–1844) • John C. Calhoun (1844–1845) |
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| Secretary of the Treasury |
Thomas Ewing (1841) • Walter Forward (1841–1843) • John C. Spencer (1843–1844) • George M. Bibb (1844–1845) |
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| Secretary of War |
John Bell (1841) • John C. Spencer (1841–1843) • James M. Porter (1843–1844) • William Wilkins (1844–1845) |
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| Attorney General |
John J. Crittenden (1841) • Hugh S. Legaré (1841–1843) • John Nelson (1843–1845) |
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| Postmaster General |
Francis Granger (1841) • Charles A. Wickliffe (1841–1845) |
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| Secretary of the Navy |
George E. Badger (1841) • Abel P. Upshur (1841–1843) • David Henshaw (1843–1844) • Thomas W. Gilmer (1844) • John Y. Mason (1844–1845) |
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