William Dorsheimer

William Dorsheimer ( born February 5, 1832 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York, † March 26, 1888 in Savannah, Georgia) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician.

Career

His family moved to Buffalo in 1836. There he attended the community school, the Phillips Academy in Andover (Massachusetts ), and finally the Harvard University. Dorsheimer studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854 and then began to practice in Buffalo. During the Civil War he served in the U.S. Army, where he was appointed in August 1861 as Major and aide - de-camp worked on the staff of General John C. Frémont. After the war he served in 1867-1871 the post as United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. The following year he participated as a delegate to the Liberal Republican Convention in Cincinnati (Ohio ). After that, he was a Democrat.

Dorsheimer was 1875-1880 Vice- governor of New York. During this time he took 1876 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in part. In addition, he was Commissioner of the State Survey in 1876 and 1883 its president. After the end of his term in 1880 he moved to New York City, where he continued his activities as a lawyer. Dorsheimer 1883 appointed Commissioner in the State Reservation at Niagara (New York). He was elected to the 48th Congress, where he served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Dorsheimer decided in 1884 against a candidacy for the 49th Congress. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1885, he was appointed to the Federal District Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He resigned in the same year of this post and became the owner of the New York Star. Dorsheimer died 1888 in Savannah, while he was traveling to Florida. He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.