William St. John Forman

William St. John Forman ( born January 20, 1847 in Natchez, Mississippi, † June 10, 1908 in Champaign, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1895 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1851, William Forman moved with his father to Nashville in Illinois. He attended the public schools of his new home and the Washington Seminary in Richview. After a subsequent law degree in 1870 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began working in Nashville in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1878 and 1884 he was mayor of Nashville; 1884 to 1888 he was in the Illinois Senate. Between 1876 and 1896, Forman participated in all Democratic National Conventions and all regional party conferences of the Democrats in Illinois as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1888 Forman was in the 18th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jehu Baker on 4 March 1889. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 three legislative periods. Since 1893 he was chairman of the militia committee. In 1895, William Forman moved to East St. Louis, where he practiced law. In 1896, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Governor of Illinois. After that, he was from 1895 to 1899 Bundessteuerbeaufttragter ( Commissioner of Internal Revenue ). He died on June 10, 1908 in Champaign, and was buried in his former residence Nashville.