William M. Calder

William Musgrave Calder ( born March 3, 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, † March 3, 1945 ibid ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented New York State in both chambers of Congress.

After attending the public schools in the then independent Brooklyn William Calder began an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He also trained at an evening school in New York City on. He was active from 1893 Bauausführungsgewerbe and served from 1902 to 1903 as Baukommissar ( Building Commissioner) of Brooklyn, which was now as a municipality ( Borough ) for the city of New York. Calder was married and the father of two children since 1893.

In 1904, Calder was set up by the Republican Party in the sixth district of New York as a candidate for election to the House of Representatives of the United States. After his victory, he moved on March 4, 1905 in the Congress and remained there until March 3, 1915 order a re-election he was not applied. ; Instead, he took part in the Republican primary for election to the U.S. Senate. However, he was defeated while James Wolcott Wadsworth, who then decided the actual choice for themselves. Two years later, won the Calder Primary his party for the second Senate seat from New York just against the former U.S. Secretary of State Robert Bacon; then he sat down to Democrat William F. McCombs and the later U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, who ran for the Progressive Party, with a clear lead through.

Calder took his seat in the Senate from March 4, 1917 true, but could only exercise a legislative period long. Already in the next election, he defeated the Democratic Royal S. Copeland and had to leave on March 3, 1923 Congress. During this time, he served as Chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense. After his Senate career Calder was active again in the construction industry as well as a director of various financial institutions in Brooklyn, where he died on March 3, 1945, his 76th birthday, died.

His grandson, William M. Calder III is a renowned classical scholar.

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