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Name: William Windom  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 28th September 1923
   
Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
For the actor of the same name (and this politician's great-grandson), see William Windom (actor).
William Windom

William Windom (May 10, 1827–January 29, 1891) was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio. He moved to Minnesota Territory in 1855. He served in the House from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1869. He is also the great-grandfather of actor William Windom.

Windom was appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1871, caused by the death of Daniel S. Norton, and served from July 15, 1870, to January 22, 1871, when a successor (Ozora P. Stearns) was elected to fill the term.

Windom was however elected to the regular full term that started March 4, 1871. He served until March 7, 1881 when he was appointed as United States Secretary of the Treasury by President James Garfield and served until he resigned from the Cabinet effective November, after having again been elected Senator to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation, and served to March 3, 1883.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882. He moved to New York City in 1883 and practiced law. He was appointed Secretary of Treasury again in the Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison and served from March 1889 until his death in New York.

Upon his death in 1891, the two-dollar silver certificate was redesigned with his portrait. This design was used from 1891 to 1896.


Preceded by:
Daniel S. Norton
United States Senator from Minnesota
1870 – 1871
Succeeded by:
Ozora P. Stearns
Preceded by:
Ozora P. Stearns
United States Senator from Minnesota
1871 – 1881
Succeeded by:
Alonzo J. Edgerton
Preceded by:
John Sherman
United States Secretary of the Treasury
1881
Succeeded by:
Charles J. Folger
Preceded by:
Alonzo J. Edgerton
United States Senator from Minnesota
1881 – 1883
Succeeded by:
Dwight M. Sabin
Preceded by:
Charles S. Fairchild
United States Secretary of the Treasury
1889 – 1891
Succeeded by:
Charles Foster


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