William H. Hinebaugh

William Henry Hinebaugh (* December 16, 1867 in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, † September 22, 1943 in Albion, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Hinebaugh attended the public schools of his home, the Litchfield High School and the State Normal School in Ypsilanti. He then studied at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1891 he moved to Ottawa, Illinois. After a subsequent law degree in 1893 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1900 he was appointed deputy district attorney in LaSalle County. Between 1902 and 1912 he worked in the district as a judge. From 1908 to 1910 he headed the Association of District Judge in Illinois. Politically he was first a member of the Republican Party. By 1912 he was District Chairman for two terms. He then became a member of the initiative, launched by Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Party.

In the congressional elections of 1912 was Hinebaugh as their candidate in the twelfth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican Charles Eugene Fuller on March 4, 1913. Since he lost in 1915 against Fuller, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Hinebaugh again practiced as a lawyer. From 1916 to 1922 he was Deputy Attorney General of Illinois. He was also president of Chicago-based Central Life Insurance Co. In 1933 he moved to Albion in Michigan, where he died on 22 September 1943.