William Lathrop

William Lathrop (* April 17, 1825 in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, † November 19, 1907 in Rockford, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1879 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Lathrop attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law in Attica and his 1850 was admitted to the bar in 1851, he began to work in Rockford in this profession. Soon he became a legal representative of his new hometown. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854, launched a political career. In the years 1856 and 1857 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1876 was Lathrop in the fourth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Stephen A. Hurlbut on March 4, 1877. Until March 3, 1879, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Lathrop again practiced as a lawyer. He died on November 19, 1907 in Rockford.