|
See also:VILAS, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:FREEMAN (1840-19o8) , See also:American See also:political See also:leader and lawyer, was See also:born in See also:Chelsea, See also:Vermont, on the 9th of See also:July 1840. His See also:father, See also:Levi B. Vilas, a lawyer and Democratic politician, emigrated in 1851 to See also:Madison, See also:Wisconsin. William graduated at the university of Wisconsin in 1858, and at the See also:Albany (New See also:York) See also:Law School in 1860, and began to practise law in Madison with his father. In 1862 he recruited and be-came See also:captain of See also:Company A of the Twenty-Third Wisconsin
See also:Volunteers, of which he was made See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in x863, Ind which he commanded in the See also:siege of See also:Vicksburg. In See also:August 1863 he resigned his See also:commission and resumed his law practice. He was See also:professor of law in the university of Wisconsin in 1868–85, and again in 1889–92, and in 1875–78 was a member of the commissicn which revised the statutes of Wisconsin. From 1876 to 1886 he was a member of the See also:National Democratic See also:Committee, and virtually the leader of his party in his See also:state; he was a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions of 1876, 188o and 1884, and was permanent chairman of the last. In 1885 he was a member of the state See also:Assembly. He was postmaster-See also:general in See also:President Grover See also:Cleveland's See also:cabinet from See also:March 1885 until See also:January 1888, and was then secretary of the interior until March 1889. From 189r until 1897 he was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate, in which, during President Cleveland's second See also:term, he was recognized as the See also:chief defender of the See also:Administration, and he was especially active in securing the See also:repeal of the See also:silver-See also:purchase clause of the See also:Sherman See also:Act. He was a delegate to the Democratic National See also:Convention of 1896, but withdrew after the See also:adoption of the See also:free-silver See also:plank. He then became one of the chief organizers of the National (or See also:Gold) Democratic party, attended the convention at See also:Indianapolis, and was chairman of its committee on resolutions. In 1881–85 and in 1898–1905 he was a See also:regent of the university of Wisconsin; and he was a member (1897–1903) of the commission which had See also:charge of the erection of the State See also:Historical Library at Madison, and in 1906–8 of the commission for the construction of the new state capitol. He died at Madison on the 27th of August 1908.
With E. E. See also:Bryant he edited vols. i. to xx., except vol. v., of the Reports of the Wisconsin Supreme See also:Court.
End of Article: VILAS, WILLIAM FREEMAN (1840-19o8)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!