| 词条 | William High Keim |
| 释义 |
|name = William High Keim | order1 = | office1 = Surveyor General of Pennsylvania | term_start1 = May 1, 1860 | term_end1 = December 20, 1861 | predecessor1 = John Roe | successor1 = Henry Souther | state2 = Pennsylvania | district2 = 8th | term_start2 = November 30, 1858 | term_end2 = March 3, 1859 | preceded2 = J. Glancy Jones | succeeded2 = John Schwartz |order3 = 2nd |office3 = Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania |term_start3 = 1848 |term_end3 = 1849 |predecessor3 = Peter Filbert |successor3 = George Getz |birth_date= {{birth date|1813|6|13}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1862|5|18|1813|6|13}} |birth_place= Reading, Pennsylvania |death_place= Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |party = Whig |image= WHKeim.jpg |caption= William High Keim |allegiance= United States of America Union |branch= United States Army Pennsylvania Militia Union Army |serviceyears= 1861–1862 |rank= Major General |commands= |unit= |battles= American Civil War |awards= |laterwork= }} William High Keim (June 13, 1813 – May 18, 1862) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early life and careerWilliam High Keim (a nephew of George May Keim) was born near Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Mount Airy Military School and attained the rank of major general in the state militia. Keim served as Mayor of Reading in 1848. Keim was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress to fill a short term vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Glancy Jones after Jones's defeat in the election of 1858. He was surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1860 to 1862. Civil WarDuring the Civil War, Keim enlisted in the Union Army for a term of 3 months and, due primarily to his political ties to Governor Andrew Curtin, he was commissioned as a major general of Pennsylvania Volunteers on April 20, 1861. His original term of enlistment having expired, he was honorably mustered out on July 21, 1861, and returned to Reading. As the war lengthened and it became evident that a quick victory was not in sight, Keim decided to re-enlist, this time for a term of 3 years. Governor Curtin commissioned him as a brigadier general of volunteers on December 20, 1861. However, Keim died of typhus while in the military service at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1862. Interment was in the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading. See also{{Portal|United States Army|American Civil War}}
References{{CongBio|K000051}} Retrieved on 2008-02-12
| state=Pennsylvania | district=8 | before=J. Glancy Jones | after=John Schwartz | years=1858-1859 }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Keim, William H.}} 12 : 1813 births|1862 deaths|Burials at Charles Evans Cemetery|Politicians from Reading, Pennsylvania|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania|Union Army generals|People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War|Pennsylvania Republicans|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Deaths from typhus|19th-century American politicians|United States politicians killed during the Civil War |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。