William B. McKinley

William Brown McKinley ( born September 5, 1856 in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, † December 7, 1926 in Martinsville, Indiana ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Illinois in both chambers of Congress.

After attending the public schools continued his education at William McKinley of the University of Illinois continues. As a result, he was first employed as a clerk in a drug store in Springfield before joining the banking industry in Champaign. He also worked for public utilities and dealt with the construction of bridges. From 1902 to 1905 he was curator of the University of Illinois.

On March 4, 1905 McKinley moved to successfully disputed election a House of Representatives of the United States, where he represented the third district of Illinois to March 3, 1913. In 1912 he was defeated by Democrat Charles M. Borchers and therefore different from from the Congress; at the next election he re-entered against Borchers, sat by himself and spent another three legislative sessions until March 3, 1921 Congress. During this total of 14 years in the House of Representatives, he led among other things chair of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures.

1920 McKinley waived on another candidacy as a delegate and instead applied successfully for a seat in the Senate of the United States. He entered on March 4, 1921, the successor of Lawrence Yates Sherman and was in consequence one of the Chairmen of the Committee on Manufactures. In 1926 he re- nomination by his party was denied, who decided in his place for the former Congressman Frank L. Smith. However, McKinley died before the end of his term on December 7, 1926. Governor Len Small appointed Smith to the immediate successor, but the Senate refused this perception of his duties due to fraud and corruption charges. In the wake of the Class 3 seat from Illinois remained vacant until December 3, 1928 before Otis F. Glenn William McKinley's successor was ultimately.