US Congressman. Completing studies at Hanover College, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced to practice law at Lexington, Indiana. He was clerk of the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1843, clerk in the United States Treasury Department at Washington, D.C., (1844-48) secretary of the Indiana State constitutional convention in 1850 and a member of the Indiana State House of Representatives, (1851-52). In 1853, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1861. On the 1880, Democratic election ticket, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. Living politics, he served on the Indianapolis Monument Commission in 1893 and author of several books. He died at age 77.
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ENGLISH, WILLIAM H.
New York, February 7 - William H. English died in his rooms at the Hotel English today at 1:35 p.m. Mr. English had been ill with la grippe for two weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in and the heart action became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English's friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has through-out been considered grave. For the past three days the patient has had lapses of unconsciousness and since last night he has been able only at long intervals to recognize those about his bedside. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English's daughter, and her husband, Dr. Franklin Hayes, the family physician. Mr. English's private secretary and Will English his son. The burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery, where Mr. English some time ago erected a beautiful family monument. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Feb 8, 1896
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ENGLISH, WILLIAM H.
New York, February 7 - William H. English died in his rooms at the Hotel English today at 1:35 p.m. Mr. English had been ill with la grippe for two weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in and the heart action became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English's friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has through-out been considered grave. For the past three days the patient has had lapses of unconsciousness and since last night he has been able only at long intervals to recognize those about his bedside. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English's daughter, and her husband, Dr. Franklin Hayes, the family physician. Mr. English's private secretary and Will English his son. The burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery, where Mr. English some time ago erected a beautiful family monument. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Feb 8, 1896
US Congressman. Completing studies at Hanover College, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced to practice law at Lexington, Indiana. He was clerk of the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1843, clerk in the United States Treasury Department at Washington, D.C., (1844-48) secretary of the Indiana State constitutional convention in 1850 and a member of the Indiana State House of Representatives, (1851-52). In 1853, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1861. On the 1880, Democratic election ticket, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. Living politics, he served on the Indianapolis Monument Commission in 1893 and author of several books. He died at age 77.
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ENGLISH, WILLIAM H.
New York, February 7 - William H. English died in his rooms at the Hotel English today at 1:35 p.m. Mr. English had been ill with la grippe for two weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in and the heart action became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English's friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has through-out been considered grave. For the past three days the patient has had lapses of unconsciousness and since last night he has been able only at long intervals to recognize those about his bedside. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English's daughter, and her husband, Dr. Franklin Hayes, the family physician. Mr. English's private secretary and Will English his son. The burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery, where Mr. English some time ago erected a beautiful family monument. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Feb 8, 1896
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ENGLISH, WILLIAM H.
New York, February 7 - William H. English died in his rooms at the Hotel English today at 1:35 p.m. Mr. English had been ill with la grippe for two weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in and the heart action became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English's friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has through-out been considered grave. For the past three days the patient has had lapses of unconsciousness and since last night he has been able only at long intervals to recognize those about his bedside. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English's daughter, and her husband, Dr. Franklin Hayes, the family physician. Mr. English's private secretary and Will English his son. The burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery, where Mr. English some time ago erected a beautiful family monument. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Feb 8, 1896
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