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See also:WHITNEY, 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:COLLINS (1841-1904) , See also:American See also:political See also:leader and financier, was See also:born at See also:Conway, See also:Massachusetts, on the 15th of See also:July 1841, of Puritan stock. He graduated at Yale in 1863, studied See also:law at Harvard, and practised with success in New See also:York See also:City. He was an aggressive opponent of the " See also:Tweed See also:Ring," and was actively allied with the See also:anti-Tammany organizations, the " See also:Irving See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall See also:Democracy " of 1875-1890, and the " See also:County Democracy " of 1880-1890, but upon the See also:dissolution of the latter he became identified with Tammany. In 1875-1882 he was See also:corporation counsel of New York, and as such brought about a codification of the See also:laws See also:relating to the city, and successfully contested a large See also:part of certain claims, largely fraudulent, against the city, amounting to about $20,000,000, and a heritage from the Tweed regime. During See also:President See also:Cleveland's first See also:administration (1885-1889), Whitney was secretary of the See also:navy See also:department and did much to develop the navy, especially by encouraging the domestic manufacture of See also:armour See also:plate. In 1892 he was instrumental in bringing about the third nomination of Mr Cleveland, and took an influential part in the ensuing presidential See also:campaign; but in 1896, disapproving of the " See also:free-See also:silver " agitation, he refused to support his party's See also:candidate, Mr W. J. See also:Bryan. Whitney took an active See also:interest in the development of See also:urban transit in New York, and was one of the organizers of the See also:Metropolitan See also:Street Railway See also:Company. He was also interested in See also:horse-racing, and in 1901 won the See also:English See also:Derby with Volodyovski, leased by him from See also:Lady Meux. He died in New York City on the 2nd of See also:February 1964.
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