William C. Wallace

William Copeland Wallace, 1895

William Copeland Wallace (born May 21, 1856 in Brooklyn , New York , † September 4, 1901 in Warwick , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Copeland Wallace was born in Brooklyn about five years before the outbreak of the Civil War . He graduated in 1873 at the Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, 1876 at Wesleyan University in Middletown ( Connecticut ) and 1878 at the Law Department of Columbia College (now Columbia University ) in New York City . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in New York City. He was the assistant attorney for the southern district of New York between 1880 and 1883 . In 1894 he was appointed Judge Advocate General on the staff of Governor Levi P. Morton .

Politically, Wallace belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1888 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Stephen V. White on March 4, 1889 . He suffered for his re-election bid in 1890 , a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1891 Congress of. He then resumed his practice as a lawyer in Brooklyn, but also did extensive banking. He died on September 4, 1901 in his summer home in Warwick and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn.

Web links

• William C. Wallace in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William C. Wallace in the database of Find a Grave (English)