William W. Chalmers

William W. Chalmers

William Wallace Chalmers (born November 1, 1861 in Strathroy , Ontario , Canada , †  October 1, 1944 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1931 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

In 1865, William Chalmers came to Michigan from his Canadian homeland , where the family settled in Kent County near Grand Rapids . He attended the public schools in his new home and Michigan State Normal School . In 1887 he graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After that he was at Eureka College in Illinois until 1889 . Until 1890 he worked as a teacher in the public schools in his home country. From 1890 to 1898 he was a school councilor responsible for the public schools in Grand Rapids. Between 1898 and 1905 he carried out the same activity in Toledo (Ohio). In addition, he continued his own training at Heidelberg University in Tiffin until 1904 . In the same year he became president of Toledo University . In the meantime, Chalmers also worked in various other professions. He worked in agriculture, the timber business, the insurance industry and the real estate market. Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1920 congressional election , Chalmers was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Isaac R. Sherwood on March 4, 1921 . Since he was subject to his predecessor Sherwood in 1922, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1923 . In the elections of 1924 he was re-elected to Congress in the ninth district of his state, where he replaced Isaac Sherwood on March 4, 1925. After two re-elections he was able to spend three more legislative terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1931. Since 1929 the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

In 1932, William Chalmers was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he no longer appeared politically. He died on October 1, 1944 in Indianapolis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William W. Chalmers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William W. Chalmers in the database of Find a Grave (English)