Price, William M.

Flourished: New York

Price was the Democratic district attorney for the southern district of New York who, it was discovered in 1838, embezzled around $75,000 during his tenure. In 1839, he fled to Europe to escape arrest and prosecution.

Nathan Sargent, Public Men and Events from the Commencement of Mr. Monroe's Administration, in 1817, to the Close of Mr. Fillmore's Administration, in 1853 (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1875), 2:69; U.S. House. Journal. 1839. 25th Congress, 3rd sess., 162; U.S. House. Report of the Committee of Investigation, Chosen by Ballot in the House of Representatives, January 17 and 19, 1839, on the Subject of the Defalcations of Samuel Swartwout and others, and the Correctness of the Returns of Collectors and Receivers of Public Money; Also, the Report of the Minority of the Committee (Washington, DC: Thomas Allen, 1839), 99-106.