William McKendree Springer

William McKendree Springer

William McKendree Springer (born May 30, 1836 in New Lebanon , Sullivan County , Indiana , †  December 4, 1903 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1895 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Springer attended public schools in New Lebanon and Jacksonville, Illinois, where he had moved with his parents in 1848. He then graduated from Illinois State College in Jacksonville. This was followed by studies at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1858 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1859, he began to work in Lincoln and Springfield in this profession. In 1862 he was secretary of a meeting to revise the Illinois constitution. Springer stayed in Europe between 1868 and 1871. On his return he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1871 and 1872 .

In the congressional elections of 1874 Springer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the twelfth constituency of Illinois, where he succeeded James Carroll Robinson on March 4, 1875 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1895 . Since 1883 he represented there as the successor of Dietrich C. Smith the 13th district of his state. Springer was chairman of the State Department's Expenditure Control Committees (1875–1879), the Electoral Committee (1879–1881), the Department of Justice's Expenditure Control Committee (1883–1885), the Committee on Claims (1885–1887), the Committee on Territories (1887–1889), the Committee on Ways and Means (1891–1893) and the Banking and Monetary Committee (1893–1895).

In 1894, Springer was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he initially practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1895 and 1900 he was a federal judge in Indian territory . Then he worked again as a lawyer. He died on December 4, 1903 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• William McKendree Springer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William McKendree Springer in the database of Find a Grave (English)