William H. Douglas
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William Harris Douglas was a U.S. Representative
from New York
.
Born in New York City, Douglas attended private schools and the College of the City of New York
.
He entered the exporting and importing trade.
Douglas was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-seventh
and Fifty-eighth
Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904.
He resumed his former business pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908, 1912, and 1916.
He died in New York City on January 27, 1944.
He was interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York
.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Born in New York City, Douglas attended private schools and the College of the City of New York
City College of New York
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He entered the exporting and importing trade.
Douglas was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fifty-seventh
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....
and Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...
Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904.
He resumed his former business pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908, 1912, and 1916.
He died in New York City on January 27, 1944.
He was interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line...
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