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 See also:ALLISON (1829-1908)
, See also:American legislator, was See also:born at See also:Perry, See also:Ohio, on the 2nd of See also:March 1829
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Educated at See also:Allegheny and Western Reserve Colleges, he studied See also:law, and practised in Ohio until 1857
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In that See also:year he settled in See also:Dubuque, See also:Iowa, where he took a prominent See also:part in Republican politics;
and in 186o he was a delegate to the See also:national See also:convention at See also:Chicago which nominated See also:Abraham See also:Lincoln for the See also:presidency
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In 1861 he was appointed a member of the See also:staff of See also:Governor See also:Samuel J
.
Kirkwood (1813-1894), and was of See also:great service in the See also:work of equipping and organizing the Iowa See also:volunteers
.
From 1863 until 1871 he served with distinction in the See also:House of Representatives; in 1873 he was elected to the See also:United States See also: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, and from 1897 he was a member of the Senate See also:committee on finance
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In 1881-1893, and again from 1895, he was chairman of the committee on appropriations, in which position he had great See also:influence
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He declined offers of the secretaryship of the See also:treasury made to him by Presidents See also:Garfield and See also:Harrison
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He was a prominent See also: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 Monetary See also:Conference at See also:Brussels
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He died at Dubuque, Iowa, on the 4th of See also:August 1908
.
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