William J. Cary

William Joseph Cary ( born March 22, 1865 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, † January 2, 1934 ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1919 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Cary attended the common schools and St. John's Academy. Since the age of eleven he was an orphan after the death of his parents. After he earned his first money as Nachrichtenbote. He then trained as a telegraphist. In this profession he worked 1883-1895. During the next ten years, Cary was in the stock exchange business operates. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party.

Between 1900 and 1904, Cary was sitting on the city council of Milwaukee; 1904 to 1906 he served as police chief in Milwaukee County Sheriff. In the congressional elections of 1906 he was in the fourth electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Theobald Otjen on March 4, 1907. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 six legislative periods. In this time of the First World War and the adoption of the 16th and the 17th constitutional amendment fell.

In 1918, William Cary was not nominated by his party for another term in Congress. From 1921 to 1933 he worked as a File Clerk ( County Clerk ) in Milwaukee County. He died on January 2, 1934 in his hometown of Milwaukee.

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