William Harrison Graham

William Harrison Graham ( born August 3, 1844 in Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, † March 2, 1923 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1898 and 1903, and again from 1905 to 1911, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Graham attended the public schools of his home. During the Civil War he served until 1864 in a cavalry unit from West Virginia in the army of the Union. He then worked in his home in the leather industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1875 and 1878 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1882 to 1891 he was a notary (Recorder of Deeds ) in Allegheny County. He also went into the banking business.

Following the resignation of Mr William A. Graham Stone was at the due election for the 23 seats of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 29 November 1898. After two re- elections he could remain there until March 3, 1903. In 1902 he was not re-affirmed.

In the congressional elections of 1904 Graham was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives again in the 29th electoral district of his state, where he became the successor of George Shiras on March 4, 1905. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1911 three legislative periods. From 1907 to 1909 he was chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics; since 1909 he headed the committee to control the expenditure of the Department of Agriculture.

In 1910, William Graham failed in the primaries of his party. After the end of his time he was 1911-1923 Member of the Allegheny County Board of Viewer. He died on March 2, 1923 in Pittsburgh, where he was also buried.