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SHARKEY, William Lewis, senator, born in Mussel Shoals, Tennessee, in 1797; died in Washington, D. C., 29 April, 1873. He removed with his parents to the territory of Mississippi in 1804, and, as a substitute for his uncle, was present at the battle of New Orleans. After graduating at Greenville college, Tennessee, he studied law, was admitted to the bar of Mississippi in 1822, and began practice at Warrenton. He removed to Vicksburg in 1825, was elected a member of the legislature in 1827, and was chief justice of the court of errors and appeals in 1832-'50. In 1865 he was appointed provisional governor, and in 1866 was elected United States senator.
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