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:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

FREEMAN See also:

• WILLIAM FREEMAN VILAS (1840-19o8)

VILAS (1840-19o8)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and lawyer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, on the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 1840 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• LEVI, HERMANN (1839-1900)
• LEVI, LEONE (1821-1888)

Levi B . See also:

• VILAS, WILLIAM FREEMAN (1840-19o8)

Vilas, a lawyer and Democratic politician, emigrated in 1851 to See also:

• MADISON
• MADISON, JAMES (1751–1836)

Madison, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin . 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 graduated at the university of Wisconsin in 1858, and at the See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York) 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 School in 1860, and began to practise law in Madison with his father . In 1862 he recruited and be-came See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of See also:

• COMPANY

Company A of the Twenty-Third Wisconsin See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers, of which he was made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in x863, Ind which he commanded in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1863 he resigned his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission and resumed his law practice . He was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of law in the university of Wisconsin in 1868–85, and again in 1889–92, and in 1875–78 was a member of the commissicn which revised the statutes of Wisconsin . From 1876 to 1886 he was a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Democratic 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, and virtually the leader of his party in his See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state; he was a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions of 1876, 188o and 1884, and was permanent chairman of the last . In 1885 he was a member of the state See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly . He was postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President Grover See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland's See also:

• CABINET

cabinet from 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 1885 until See also:

• JANUARY

January 1888, and was then secretary of the interior until March 1889 . From 189r until 1897 he was a member of 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, in which, during President Cleveland's second See also:

• TERM

term, he was recognized as the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief defender of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration, and he was especially active in securing the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the See also:

• SILVER

silver-See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase clause of the See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act . He was a delegate to the Democratic National See also:

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

Convention of 1896, but withdrew after the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of the See also:

• FREE

free-silver See also:

• PLANK

plank .

He then became one of the chief organizers of the National (or See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold) Democratic party, attended the convention at See also:

• INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, and was chairman of its committee on resolutions . In 1881–85 and in 1898–1905 he was a See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of the university of Wisconsin; and he was a member (1897–1903) of the commission which had See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the erection of the State See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Library at Madison, and in 1906–8 of the commission for the construction of the new state capitol . He died at Madison on the 27th of August 1908 . With E . E . See also:

• BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794-1878)

Bryant he edited vols. i. to xx., except vol. v., of the Reports of the Wisconsin Supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court .