William R. Green

William R. Green

William Raymond Green (born November 7, 1856 in Colchester , Connecticut , †  June 11, 1947 in Bellport , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1911 and 1928 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Green attended the public schools in Malden ( Illinois ) and then the Princeton High School , also in Illinois. In 1879 he graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1882, he began in Dow City (Iowa) to practice in his new profession. In 1884, Green moved to Audubon , Iowa. There he was between 1894 and 1911 a judge in the 15th judicial district of Iowa. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

After the resignation of Congressman Walter I. Smith in 1911, Green was elected as his successor to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election in the ninth constituency of Iowa . Green took up his new mandate on June 5, 1911. After he was confirmed in the following regular elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on March 31, 1928 . There he was chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means from 1923 to 1927 . The First World War also fell during his time in Congress . Between 1913 and 1920, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed there.

Green's resignation in March 1928 was due to his appointment as a federal judge at the Court of Claims . He held this office between April 1, 1928 and June 1942. He then retired. William Green died on June 11, 1947 in Bellport at the age of 90.

Web links

• William R. Green in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William R. Green in the database of Find a Grave (English)