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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisWilliam James MOXLEY
(1851-1938)
MOXLEY, William James, a
Representative from Illinois; born in County Cork, Ireland, May 22,
1851; as an infant immigrated with his parents to the United States
and settled in Chicago, Ill.; attended the common schools; engaged
in the manufacture of oleomargarine in 1881 and, later, in banking;
member of the Republican State central committee; member of the
executive board of the Cook County central committee; colonel on
the staff of Gov. Richard Yates 1900-1904; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of William Lorimer and served from November 23, 1909,
to March 3, 1911; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to
the Sixty-second Congress; continued his former business activities
in Chicago, Ill., until his retirement; died at his summer home on
Delavan Lake, near Delavan, Wis., August 4, 1938; interment in
Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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