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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaENGLISH, William Hayden
(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.
Cole, J. R. The life and public services of Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-General, U. S. A. Also, the life and services of Hon. William H. English
. Cincinnati: Douglass Brothers, 1880.
English, William Hayden. Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778-1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark
. 1895. Reprint, [New York]: Arno Press, [1971].
———. Letter from William H. English, of Indiana: In response to a nomination for reelection to Congress, tendered him by the Democracy of the Second Congressional District
. Washington City: Printed at the Office of the Congressional Globe
, 1856.
———. The political crisis—the danger and the remedy. Speech of Hon. William H. English, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, May 2, 1860
. [Washington: National Democratic Campaign Committee, 1860].
———. Speech of Hon. W. H. English, of Indiana, on the Smithsonian Institution, in the House of Representatives, February 27, 1855
. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe
Office, 1855].
Forney, John W. (John Wien). Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock
. Philadelphia, Pa., [etc.]: Hubbard Bros.; St. Louis, Mo.: Lillingstorr & Co.; [etc., etc., 1880].
Goodrich, Frederick E. (Frederick Elizur). The life and public services of Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-General, U. S. A. By Frederick E. Goodrich
. With an introduction by Hon. Frederick O. Prince. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1880.
House, Albert V. “The Democratic State Central Committee of Indiana in 1880: A Case Study in Party Tactics and Finance.” Indiana Magazine of History
58 (September 1962): 179-210.
Keyser, Charles S. (Charles Shearer). The life of William H. English, the Democratic candidate for vice president of the United States
. Philadelphia: [Ferguson Bros. & Co., printers, 1880].
Schimmel, Elliot 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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