Walter Forward

Walter Forward
Walter Forward
	United States Minister to Denmark
	In office; June 15, 1850 – September 10, 1851
President	Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore
Preceded by	Robert Flenniken
Succeeded by	Miller Grieve
15th United States Secretary of the Treasury
	In office; September 13, 1841 – March 1, 1843
President	John Tyler
Preceded by	Thomas Ewing
Succeeded by	John Spencer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania
	In office; October 8, 1822 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Henry Baldwin
Succeeded by	James S. Stevenson
Constituency	14th district (1822–1823); 16th district Seat B (1823–1825)
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1786; East Granby, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	November 24, 1852 (aged 66); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican (before 1825); Whig (1834–1852)
Spouse	Henrietta Barclay
Relations	Oliver Forward (brother); Chauncey Forward (brother)

Walter Forward (January 24, 1786 – November 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the brother of Chauncey Forward and Oliver Forward.

Biography

Born 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 more than a year as editor of The Tree of Liberty newspaper. He also served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.^[1]

In 1822, he was elected to the

United States Whig Party in the 1830s.^[1]

Forward was an active supporter of the Harrison-Tyler ticket in the

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler.^[1]

During his tenure as Treasury Secretary, 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plans for a "Board of Exchequer" to receive and disburse customs revenue, since the Independent Treasury System was no longer in effect.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.^[1]

After leaving his Cabinet post, Forward resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh until 1849, when he was appointed

Pittsburgh and is interred in Allegheny Cemetery.^[1]

Honors

Forward Township^[3] in Allegheny County is named for Walter Forward, as is the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Forward (WMEC-911).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1889. pp. 35–41.
^ Black lawyer rejected for PA bar in 1847
^ Ackerman, Jan (May 10, 1984). "Town names carry bit of history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

External links

United States Congress. "Walter Forward (id: F000291)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-20
"Walter Forward". Find a Grave. Retrieved May 20, 2009.

U.S. House of Representatives
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 James Allison, Jr.	Succeeded by Robert Orr, Jr.
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Ewing, Sr.	U.S. 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

[Address-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1889. pp. 35–41.

[2] Black lawyer rejected for PA bar in 1847

[3] Ackerman, Jan (May 10, 1984). "Town names carry bit of history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

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[3]

v t e United States Ambassadors to Denmark
Chargé d'Affaires	Wheaton Woodside Jackson Irwin Flenniken Forward Ogle Grieve Bedinger
Minister Resident	Bedinger Buchanan Wood Yeaman Andrews Cramer Payson (chargé d'affaires) Wickersham Hoffman R. Anderson Enander Carr
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Carr Risley Swenson O'Brien Egan Hapgood Grew Prince Dodge Booth Coleman Owen Owsley Atherton Davis Marvel
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Marvel E. Anderson Coe Peterson Blair White Duke Dudley Russell Crowe Dean Manshel Loeb Todman Brown Stone Elson Swett Bernstein Cain Fulton Gifford Sands Leventhal

v t e Cabinet of President John Tyler (1841–1845)
Secretary of State	Daniel Webster (1841–1843) Abel P. Upshur (1843–1844) John C. Calhoun (1844–1845)
Secretary of the Treasury	Thomas Ewing (1841) Walter Forward (1841–1843) John Canfield Spencer (1843–1844) George M. Bibb (1844–1845)
Secretary of War	John Bell (1841) John Canfield Spencer (1841–1843) James Madison Porter (1843–1844) William Wilkins (1844–1845)
Attorney General	John J. Crittenden (1841) Hugh S. Legaré (1841–1843) John Nelson (1843–1845)
Postmaster General	Francis Granger (1841) Charles A. Wickliffe (1841–1845)
Secretary of the Navy	George Edmund Badger (1841) Abel P. Upshur (1841–1843) David Henshaw (1843–1844) Thomas Walker Gilmer (1844) John Y. Mason (1844–1845)

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