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See also:WHEELER, 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:ALMON (1819-1887) , See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:United States from 1877 to 1881, was See also:born at See also:Malone, New See also:York, on the 3oth of See also:June 1819. He studied at the university of See also:Vermont for two years (1833-1835), and in 1845 was admitted to the See also:bar. First as a Whig, and then, after 1856, as a Republican, he was prominent for many years in See also:state and See also:national politics. He was a member of the state See also:Assembly in 1849-185o, a member and president See also:pro tempore of the state See also:Senate in 1858-1859, and a member of the national See also:House of Representatives in 1861-1863, and again from 1860 until 1877. He was the author of the so-called " Wheeler See also:Compromise," by which the difficulties between contending See also:political factions in See also:Louisiana were adjusted in 1875. Nominated for vice-president by the Republicans in 1876 on the See also:ticket with President See also:Hayes, he was installed in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office through the decision of the Electoral See also:Commission, and at the end of his See also:term he retired from public See also:life. He died at Malone on the 4th of June 1887.
End of Article: WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)
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