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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganWilliam Alanson HOWARD
(1813-1880)
HOWARD, William Alanson, a
Representative from Michigan; born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County,
Vt., April 8, 1813; attended the public schools; moved to Albion,
N.Y., in 1827 and was apprenticed as a cabinet maker until 1832;
was graduated from Wyoming (N.Y.) Academy in 1835 and from
Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1839; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1840
and was a tutor in the branch of Michigan University; also studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in
Detroit; city treasurer 1848-1850; elected as an Opposition Party
candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); as a
Republican, successfully contested the election of George B. Cooper
to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from May 15, 1860, until
March 3, 1861; was not a candidate for renomination in 1860;
chairman of the Republican State central committee in 1860 and
1861; postmaster of Detroit 1861-1866; delegate to the Republican
National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; moved to Grand
Rapids, Mich., to assume duties as land commissioner of the Grand
Rapids & Indiana Railway 1869-1871 and of the Northern Pacific
Railway 1872-1878; was an unsuccessful candidate for election to
the United States Senate in 1871; member of the Republican National
Committee 1872-1876; appointed Territorial Governor of Dakota by
President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 and served until his death in
Washington, D.C., on April 10, 1880; interment in Elmwood Cemetery,
Detroit, Mich.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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