See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• BOYD, ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON (1825—1899)
• BOYD, ROBERT BOYD, LORD (d. c. 1470)
• BOYD, ZACHARY (1585?-1653)

BOYD See also:

• WILLIAM BOYD ALLISON (1829-1908)

ALLISON (1829-1908)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American legislator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, on the 2nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1829 . Educated at See also:

• ALLEGHENY

Allegheny and Western Reserve Colleges, he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and practised in Ohio until 1857 . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he settled in See also:

• DUBUQUE

Dubuque, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa, where he took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in Republican politics; and in 186o he was a delegate to the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention at See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago which nominated See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . In 1861 he was appointed a member of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel J . Kirkwood (1813-1894), and was of See also:

• GREAT

great service in the See also:

• WORK

work of equipping and organizing the Iowa See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers . From 1863 until 1871 he served with distinction in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives; in 1873 he was elected to the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, and re-elected in 1878, 1884, 189o, 1896 and 1902 . Here he became one of the highest authorities on questions connected with See also:

• FINANCE

finance, and from 1897 he was a member of the Senate See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on finance . In 1881-1893, and again from 1895, he was chairman of the committee on appropriations, in which position he had great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . He declined offers of the secretaryship of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury made to him by Presidents See also:

• GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM (1831-1881)

Garfield and See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison . He was a prominent See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the presidential nomination in the Republican national conventions of 1888 and 1896 . In 1892 he was chairman of the American delegation to the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Monetary See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference at See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels . He died at Dubuque, Iowa, on the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1908 .