William Wirt Culbertson (September 22, 1835 – October 31, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Culbertson moved with his parents to Kentucky, where attended the common schools.

Enlisted as a private in the Union Army in Company F, Twenty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 16, 1861.

On July 30, 1884, Culbertson attempted suicide by firing five shots at the back of his head.

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