| 词条 | William W. Wilshire |
| 释义 |
|name = William W. Wilshire |image = WilliamWallaceWilshire.jpg |state = Arkansas |district = {{ushr|AR|3|3rd}} |term_start = March 3, 1873 |term_end = June 16, 1874 |predecessor = Thomas Boles |successor = Thomas M. Gunter |term_start2 = March 4, 1875 |term_end2 = March 3, 1877 |preceded2 = Thomas M. Gunter |succeeded2 = Jordan E. Cravens |office3 = Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court |term_start3 = 1868 |term_end3 = 1871 |birth_name = William Wallace Wilshire |birth_date = {{birth date|1830|9|8}} |birth_place = Shawneetown, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1888|8|19|1830|9|8}} |death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. |resting_place = Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|34|44|15.3|N|92|16|42.5|W|region:US-AR_type:landmark|display=inline}} |nationality = American |party = Democratic |otherparty = Republican (before 1874) }} William W. Wilshire (born William Wallace Wilshire; September 8, 1830 – August 19, 1888) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for {{ushr|AR|3}} (1873–74 and 1875–77). BiographyBorn in Shawneetown, Illinois, Wilshire was educated in the country schools. He spent three years in California engaged in gold mining, from 1852 to 1855, when he returned to his home in Port Byron and engaged in the coal mining and mercantile business. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Wilshire entered the Union Army as major in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served from July 16, 1862, to July 16, 1864, when he resigned his commission because of health reasons. After the war, he relocated to the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and commenced the practice of law. He was appointed solicitor general of the state in 1867. From 1868 to 1871, he was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. He left the position to resume his law practice of law. Wilshire presented credentials as a Republican member-elect to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to June 16, 1874, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Gunter, who had contested Wilshire's election in 1872. Wilshire was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876. He engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died August 19, 1888. He was interred at Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock. Notes{{Bioguide}}References{{CongBio|W000567}}{{Navboxes|title=Offices and distinctions |list1={{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox |state=Arkansas |district=3 |before=Thomas Boles |after=Thomas M. Gunter |years=1873 – 1874}}{{USRepSuccessionBox |state=Arkansas |district=3 |before=Thomas M. Gunter |after=Jordan E. Cravens |years=1875 – 1877}}{{s-end}} }}{{U.S. Arkansas Representatives}}{{Portalbar|American Civil War|Arkansas|Illinois|Law|Politics|Washington, D.C.}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilshire, William W.}} 12 : 1830 births|1888 deaths|19th-century American politicians|Arkansas Democrats|Arkansas Republicans|Burials at Mount Holly Cemetery|Chief Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas|People from Shawneetown, Illinois|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|United States Army officers |
| 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。