William S. Greene

William S. Greene

William Stedman Greene (born April 28, 1841 in Tremont , Tazewell County , Illinois , †  September 22, 1924 in Fall River , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1898 and 1924 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As early as 1844, William Greene came to Fall River with his parents, where he later attended public schools. In the following years he worked in the real estate industry and in the insurance business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1876 and 1879 he was a member and since 1877 President of the Fall River Borough Council. In the years 1880 and 1881 he acted as mayor and from 1881 to 1885 as postman of this place. He was then mayor there again in 1886 and between 1895 and 1897. Between 1888 and 1893, Greene served as the state commissioner for the prison system in Massachusetts. In 1898 he was again the post office owner in Fall River for a few months.

After the death of MP John Simpkins , Greene was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the 13th seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on May 31, 1898. After 13 re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 22, 1924 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the First World War fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified; The 18th and 19th amendments followed in 1919 and 1920 . Since 1913, William Greene represented the 15th  constituency of his state as the successor to Ezekiel Whitman . From 1903 to 1905 he was chairman of the Department of Navy's Expenditures Control Committee. He has also headed the Merchant Navy and Fisheries Committee on several occasions.

Web links

• William S. Greene in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. Greene in the database of Find a Grave (English)