William David Blakeslee Ainey

William David Blakeslee Ainey ( born April 8, 1864 in New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, † September 4, 1932 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1915 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Ainey attended the common schools, the State Normal School in Mansfield and then until 1887, the Lehigh University in Bethlehem. After studying law and his 1887 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Montrose in this profession. Between 1890 and 1896 he served as District Attorney in Susquehanna County. From 1889 to 1894 he was a captain an erected by himself unity of the state militia. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.

After the death of MP George Washington Kipp Ainey was at the due election for the 14 seats of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1911. After a re-election, he could remain until March 3, 1915 at the Congress. During this time, were ratified in 1913, the 16th and the 17th Amendment. In the years 1912 and 1913 Ainey participated in international peace conferences in Geneva and The Hague. In 1914 he was delegate at conferences of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Tokyo and Stockholm.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Ainey again practiced as a lawyer. Since 1915 until his death he was a member and later president of the Service Commission ( Public Service Commission ) of Pennsylvania. In 1922 he was also chairman of the Fuel Commission of his state (Pennsylvania Fuel Commission); In 1924 he accepting the presidency of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners. He died on September 4, 1932 in Harrisburg.