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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinWilliam Thompson PRICE
(1824-1886)
PRICE, William Thompson,
(father of Hugh Hiram Price), a Representative from Wisconsin; born
in Huntingdon County, Pa., June 17, 1824; attended the common
schools; was a clerk in a store in Hollidaysburg, Pa., and also
studied law; moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1845, and in the
following autumn moved to Black River Falls, Wis.; engaged in
lumbering and agricultrual pursuits; deputy sheriff of Crawford
County in 1849; member of the Wisconsin State assembly in 1851 and
again in 1882; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and engaged in the
practice of law; in 1854 moved to La Crosse, Wis., and operated a
stage line between La Crosse and Black River Falls; moved to Black
River Falls and continued the practice of law until 1857; judge of
Jackson County in 1854 and 1859; under sheriff of Crawford County
in 1855; county treasurer in 1856 and 1857; served in the State
senate in 1857, 1870, and 1878-1881, and was president of the
Senate in 1879; collector of internal revenue 1863-1865; elected as
a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1883, until his death at Black River Falls,
Jackson County, Wis., December 6, 1886; interment in Riverside
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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