William Dorsheimer

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William Dorsheimer

William Dorsheimer (born February 5, 1832 in Lyons , Wayne County , New York , † March 26, 1888 in Savannah , Georgia ) was an American lawyer , officer and politician .

Career

His family moved to Buffalo in 1836 . There he attended community school, then the Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ) and finally Harvard University . Dorsheimer studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1854 and then began practicing in Buffalo. During the Civil War he served in the US Army , where he was appointed major in August 1861 and served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General John C. Frémont . After the war he held the post of federal attorney for the northern district of New York between 1867 and 1871 as the successor to William A. Dart . The following year he participated in the delegate as a Liberal Republican Convention in Cincinnati ( Ohio part). After that he became a Democrat .

Dorsheimer was Lieutenant Governor of New York between 1875 and 1880 . During this time he took part in 1876 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention . In addition, he was in 1876 Commissioner of the State Survey and in 1883 its President. After the end of his tenure, he moved to New York City in 1880 , where he continued his practice as a lawyer. Dorsheimer was appointed commissioner in the State Reservation near Niagara, New York in 1883 . He was elected to the 48th Congress , where he served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Dorsheimer decided against running for the 49th Congress in 1884 . After his time in the US House of Representatives , he was appointed federal district attorney for the southern district of New York in 1885 to succeed Elihu Root . He resigned that same year and became the owner of the New York Star . Dorsheimer died in Savannah in 1888 while on his way to Florida . He was buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

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SURNAME Dorsheimer, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyons , Wayne County , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1888
Place of death Savannah , Georgia