| 词条 | W. J. Abrams |
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| image = | imagesize = | honorific-prefix = | name = W. J. Abrams | honorific-suffix = | caption = | state = Wisconsin | state_senate = Wisconsin | district = Brown County | term_start = 1868 | term_end = 1869 | preceded = | succeeded = | state2 = Wisconsin | state_assembly2 = Wisconsin | district2 = Brown County | term_start2 = 1864 | term_end2 = 1867 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | party = Democrat | birth_date = {{birth date |1829|03|19}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Cambridge, New York, U.S.}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|9|12|1829|03|19|mf=yes}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.}} | resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery Green Bay, Wisconsin | alma_mater = | profession = Railroad surveyor Railroad businessman Politician | parents = Isaac T. Abrams Ruth (Hall) Abrams | spouse = Henrietta T. Alton Abrams | children = Kate Abrams Ruth Abrams Winford Abrams | residence = Green Bay, Wisconsin | religion = | website = }} William "W. J." Abrams (March 19, 1829 – September 12, 1900) was an American railroad surveyor, railroad businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Early lifeAbrams was born in Cambridge, New York, the son of Isaac T. Abrams and Ruth (Hall) Abrams.[1] He attended school in Cambridge and Troy, New York before studying theology in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was not able to finish his studies due to poor health.[2] CareerAbrams completed railroad surveys from Lake Michigan to Ontonogan, Michigan before moving to Wisconsin in 1856,[3] and settling in Green Bay in 1861. He was involved in water transportation facilities before becoming a railroad businessman. He was a promoter for the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railroad, which would become the Green Bay and Western Railroad.[4] Abrams served as Chairman of the Board and President for the railroad.[5][6] Abrams was a Democratic member of the State Assembly from 1864-1867[7] and the State Senate from 1868-1869.[8] He was later Mayor of Green Bay in 1881 and again from 1883-1884. He served as Vice-President of the Soldiers Orphans Home in Madison, Wisconsin.[9] In 1881, Abrams owned land where the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad built a depot in the area that was to become Abrams, Wisconsin. The town of Abrams was named in his honor.[10] Abrams died on September 12, 1900 in Wisconsin and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.[11] Personal lifeIn 1854, Abrams married Henrietta T. Alton. They had three children, Kate, Ruth and Winford.[12] Their son Winford also served as Mayor of Green Bay.[13] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_abrams_wj.html|title=W. J. Abrams (1829-1900)|publisher=City of Green Bay|accessdate=2011-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103033539/http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_abrams_wj.html|archive-date=2012-01-03|dead-url=yes|df=}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=J.H. Beers & Co|title=Commemorative Biographical Record of the West Shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin: Including the Counties of Brown, Oconto, Marinette and Florence, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens|date=1896|publisher=J. H. Beers & Company|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAYrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA117 }} 3. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/23863933/|title= 30 October 1966|publisher=The Post-Crescent|accessdate= February 27, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=J.H. Beers & Co|title=Commemorative Biographical Record of the West Shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin: Including the Counties of Brown, Oconto, Marinette and Florence, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens|date=1896|publisher=J. H. Beers & Company|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAYrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA117 }} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department|title=Biennial Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin|date=1897|publisher=Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVs9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA27 }} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Dept|title=Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin|date=1882|publisher=Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Dept|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOdGAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA243 }} 7. ^{{cite book|last=French|first=Bella|title=The American Sketch Book, Volume III, History of Brown County, Wisconsin: A Collection of Historical Incidents with Descriptions of Corresponding Localities|date=1876|publisher=American Sketch Book Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AnFIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA192 }} 8. ^{{cite book|last=Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly|title=State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal, Volume 1865|date=1865|publisher=Wisconsin Legislature|page=672|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TkwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA672 }} 9. ^{{cite book|last=Secretary of State|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book|date=1870|publisher=Secretary of State|page=338|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3heLLB7heEEC&pg=RA1-PA338 }} 10. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/logging3.htm|title= LUMBERING MAKES OCONTO COUNTY CITIES AND VILLAGES|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate= February 27, 2014}} 11. ^{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Deborah Beaumont|title=History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 2|date=1913|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=439|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4z8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA439 }} 12. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_abrams_wj.html|title= Mayors Past|publisher= Green Bay|accessdate= February 27, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120103033539/http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_abrams_wj.html|archive-date= January 3, 2012|dead-url= yes|df= mdy-all}} 13. ^{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Deborah Beaumont|title=History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 2|date=1913|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=439|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4z8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA439 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, W. J.}}{{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-stub}}{{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub}} 12 : People from Cambridge, New York|Mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin|Wisconsin state senators|Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly|Mayors of places in Wisconsin|19th-century American railroad executives|American railroad executives|American railway entrepreneurs|Wisconsin Democrats|1829 births|1900 deaths|19th-century American politicians |
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