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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Hayden ENGLISH
(1822-1896)
ENGLISH, William Hayden,
(father of William Eastin English), a Representative from Indiana;
born in Lexington, Scott County, Ind., August 27, 1822; pursued
classical studies at Hanover (Ind.) College; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice at Lexington,
Ind.; principal clerk of the State house of representatives in
1843; clerk in the United States Treasury Department at Washington,
D.C., 1844-1848; secretary of the Indiana State constitutional
convention in 1850; member of the State house of representatives in
1851 and 1852 and served as speaker; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1853-March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post
Roads (Thirty-fifth Congress); Regent of the Smithsonian
Institution 1853-1861; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., at the end of
his congressional term; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President
of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1880; author of
several books; died at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., February 7,
1896; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Schimmel, Elliott L. “William H. English and the Politics of
Self-Deception, 1845-1861.” Ph.D. diss., Florida State
University, 1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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