William Stoughton
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William Stoughton may refer to:
- William Stoughton (Massachusetts)William Stoughton (Massachusetts)William Stoughton was a colonial magistrate and admininstrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials, first as the Chief Justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692, and then as the Chief Justice of the...
(1631 – 1701), judge in charge of what has come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials - William Stoughton (English constitutionalist)William Stoughton (English constitutionalist)William Stoughton developed the most complete and insightful version of classical republicanism that had yet appeared in England.-Biography:Not much is known of Stoughton's life. William Stoughton was the first student to matriculate to Christ Church, Oxford and then was elected to the Westminster...
- William L. StoughtonWilliam L. StoughtonWilliam Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland,...
, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan