William E. English

William Eastin English ( * November 3, 1850 in Lexington, Scott County, Indiana, † April 29, 1926 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. In the years 1884 and 1885 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William English was the son of Congressman William Hayden English (1822-1896), who was also 1853-1861 for the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives and 1880 Democratic candidate for the vice-presidency was. The younger English attended public and private schools. Since 1865 he lived in Indianapolis. After a subsequent law degree from Butler University and later its made ​​in 1873 admitted to the bar he began in Indianapolis to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Indiana.

In the congressional elections of 1882 the English defeated incumbent Stanton J. Peelle of the Republican Party. He appealed against the election results a contradiction. After this had been given state on May 22, 1884 he was able to take his seat in Congress on this day. Since he resigned at the regular elections of the year 1884 on another candidacy, he could only finish the current legislative period to March 3, 1885.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives English took his profession again. In 1892 and 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions. During the Spanish- American War of 1898 English captain was on the staff of General Joseph Wheeler. In 1900, he joined the Republican Party - because of their stricter stance on the issue of protective tariffs. In June 1916 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated for the Charles Evans Hughes as a presidential candidate. From 1916 until his death belonged to William English at the Senate of Indiana. He died on April 29, 1926 in Indianapolis, where he was also buried.

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