William H. Calkins

William H. Calkins

William Henry Calkins (born February 18, 1842 in Pike County , Ohio , †  January 29, 1894 in Tacoma , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1884 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After studying law and being admitted to the bar, William Calkins began working in this profession. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army between 1861 and 1865, with an interruption of three months in 1863 . After the war he settled in La Porte, Indiana. Between 1866 and 1870, Calkins served as the prosecutor in the Ninth Judicial District of Indiana.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1871 he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. In the congressional election of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of his state , where he succeeded William S. Haymond on March 4, 1877 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on October 20, 1884 . Since 1881 he represented the 13th District of Indiana as the successor to John Harris Baker . From 1881 to 1883 he headed the election committee.

In 1884 Calkins ran for governor of Indiana, but was defeated by Democrat Isaac P. Gray with 48:50 percent of the vote. He then moved to Tacoma, Washington Territory . Between April 1889 and the founding of Washington State in November 1889 he was a judge there with federal powers ( United States Associate Justice ). After that, he retired. William Calkins died on January 29, 1894 in Tacoma, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William H. Calkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William H. Calkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)