William Helmick

William Helmick ( born September 6, 1817 with the Canton, Ohio, † March 31, 1888 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the State of Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Helmick attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree in 1845 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in New Philadelphia, Ohio to work in this profession. In 1851, he was a prosecutor in Tuscarawas County. Politically, he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854.

In the congressional elections of 1858 Helmick was elected in the 15th electoral district of Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrats Joseph Burns on March 4, 1859. Since he has not been confirmed in 1860, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1861. This was marked by the events in the immediate run-up to the Civil War.

Between 1861 and 1865 William Helmick was employed as Chief Clerk of the Pension Office at the Federal Pension Authority. He then practiced law in the federal capital Washington. In 1877 he was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes justice of the peace. He died on March 31, 1888 in Washington, and was buried at the local cemetery Congress.