William F. Draper

William Franklin Draper ( born April 9, 1842 in Lowell, Massachusetts, † January 28, 1910 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Draper attended both public and private schools. Then he studied mechanical engineering. During the Civil War he served in the army of the Union, where he rose to brevet brigadier general. Then he made in Hopedale machines for cotton processing. At the same time suggested Draper as a member of the Republican Party a political career one. In June 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati, was nominated at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Candidate. In the years 1880 and 1883 he served on the senior staff of the Governor.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Draper was elected the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Frederick S. Coolidge on March 4, 1893. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 two legislative sessions. Since 1895 he was chairman of the Patent Committee. In 1896 he gave up another candidacy. Between 1897 and 1899 William Draper was as successor to Wayne MacVeagh U.S. ambassador to Italy. He died on January 28, 1910 in Washington.

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