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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinCARY, William Joseph
(1865—1934)
CARY, William Joseph, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., March 22, 1865; educated in the public schools and St. John’s Academy; was left an orphan at the age of eleven, when he became a messenger boy; studied telegraphy and was employed as a telegraph operator 1883-1895; engaged in the brokerage business 1895-1905; elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904; served as sheriff of Milwaukee County 1904-1906; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; served as county clerk of Milwaukee County 1921-1933; died in Milwaukee, Wis., January 2, 1934; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on elections no. 3. Winfield R. Gaylord v. William J. Cary. Hearings before the Committee on elections no. 3, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, on contested-election case of Winfield R. Gaylord against William J. Cary, Congressman from the fourth district of the state of Wisconsin. Friday, March 17, 1916
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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