William H. Douglas

William Harris Douglas ( born December 5, 1853 in New York City; † January 27, 1944 ) was an American politician. Between 1901 and 1905 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Harris Douglas was born about five and a half years after the end of the Mexican - American War in New York City and grew up there. During this time, he attended private schools and the City College of New York. He was involved in export and import trade. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1900, for the 57th Congress of Douglas was in the 14th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William A. Chanler on March 4, 1901. After a successful re-election he resigned in 1904 to run again and was eliminated after March 3, 1905 from the Congress of. Then he went back to his previous transactions. He was a delegate in 1908, 1912 and 1916 to the Republican National Conventions in part. On January 27, 1944, he died in New York City and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown. At that time raged the Second World War.