William D. Vincent

William Davis Vincent (born October 11, 1852 near Dresden , Tennessee , †  February 28, 1922 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1858, William Vincent came to Riley County , Kansas with his parents . In 1864 the family moved to Manhattan , where he attended public schools and the State Agricultural College . Vincent did business in Manhattan between 1872 and 1876. In 1878 he moved to Clay Center , where he did trade.

Politically, he became a member of the short-lived populist party that emerged from the farmers' association . In 1880 he was a councilor at Clay Center. Between 1893 and 1894 he was a member of the Kansas State Railroad Committee. In 1896 Vincent was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth district of Kansas . There he took over on March 4, 1897, succeeding Republican William A. Calderhead , whom he had defeated in the election. Until March 3, 1899 Vincent could only complete one legislative period in Congress , which was determined by the events of the Spanish-American War .

After his tenure in Congress, Vincent returned to Clay Center, where he worked in the hardware store until his death in 1922 .

Web links

• William D. Vincent in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William D. Vincent in the database of Find a Grave (English)