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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Dallas BYNUM
(1846-1927)
BYNUM, William Dallas, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Newberry, Greene County,
Ind., June 26, 1846; attended the country schools, and was
graduated from the University of Indiana at Bloomington in 1869;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice
in Washington, Ind.; served as the first city clerk; city attorney
of Washington 1871-1875; mayor of Washington 1875-1879; moved from
Daviess County to Indianapolis in 1880; member of the State house
of representatives 1881-1885, and served as speaker in 1885;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895); served for some time as
whip of the Democratic minority; censured by the House of
Representatives on May 17, 1890, for the use of unparliamentary
language; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the
Fifty-fourth Congress; was active in the organization of the
National (Gold-Standard) Democratic Party in 1896, and was chairman
of its national committee 1896-1898; settled in Washington, D.C.;
appointed by President McKinley in 1900 a member of the commission
to codify the United States criminal laws and served until 1906;
retired from the practice of law; died in Indianapolis, Ind.,
October 21, 1927; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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