| LC control no. | n 84157931 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McConnell, William J. (William John), 1839-1925 |
| Variant(s) | McConnell, William John, 1839-1925 McConnell, W. J. (William John), 1839-1925 |
| See also | Idaho. Governor (1893-1897 : McConnell) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Yamhill County (Or.) Moscow (Idaho) Humboldt County (Calif.) |
| Located | Moscow (Idaho) |
| Birth date | 1839-09-18 |
| Death date | 1925-03-30 |
| Place of birth | Commerce (Mich. : Township) |
| Place of death | Moscow (Idaho) |
| Field of activity | Political science--United States |
| Affiliation | United States. Marshal (Idaho) Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate Idaho. Constitutional Convention (1889) United States. Congress. Senate Idaho. Governor United States. Bureau of Naturalization Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Senators Senators Governors |
| Found in | McConnell, William J. Idaho's vigilantes, ©1984: title page (by William J. McConnell and James S. Reynolds) His Idaho's vigilantes, c1984: t.p. (William J. McConnell) pref. (b. 9/18/1839; d. 3/30/1925) LC data base, 2/5/85 (hdg.: McConnell, William John, 1839-1925; usage: William J. McConnell, William John McConnell) NUCMC data from Washington State Hist. Soc. for Hoyt, C.G. Papers, 1883-1907 (W.J. McConnell; U.S. Indian inspector; correspondence and treaty negotiations, 1897-1901) Biog. dir. U.S. Cong. WWW, May 04, 2005 (McConnell, William John; U.S. senator and governor of Idaho, 1892-1896; appointed Indian inspector by Wm. McKinley in 1897 and served to 1901; b. in Michigan; also lived in Calif. and Oregon) McConnell, William John. Early history of Idaho, 1913: title page (by W.J. McConnell, ex-U.S. senator and -governor, who was present and cognizant of the events narrated) McConnell, William J. Frontier law, 1926: title page (William J. McConnell) Who was who in America, 1897-1942 (McConnell, William J.; governor; deputy U.S. Marshal, Idaho Territory, 1865-1867; in California, engaged in business in Humboldt Co., 1867-1872; returned to Oregon and established business there and in Idaho; became member, and in 1892, president, Oregon senate; moved to Idaho and engaged in business as merchant and banker; member of Idaho Constitutional Convention, 1890; one of Idaho's 1st US Senators, drawing the short term, 1890-1891; Idaho governor, 1893-1896; US Indian inspector, 1897-1901; immigrant inspector, 1909-; home: Moscow, Idaho) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, 2006: page 1532 (McConnell, William John; senator from Idaho; born Commerce, Oakland County, Mich., September 18, 1839; moved to California in 1860 and engaged in mining, the cattle business, merchandising, and banking; resided in Oregon in 1862-1863 and taught school in Yamhill County; moved Idaho in 1863; deputy U.S. marshal 1865-1867; returned to Oregon and was engaged in cattle business; member, Oregon State senate, 1882, served as president; returned to Idaho in 1886; member of constitutional convention of Idaho in 1890; United States Senator from Idaho December 18, 1890-March 3, 1891 (Republican); Governor of Idaho, 1892-1896; appointed Indian inspector by President William McKinley in 1897, served until 1901; appointed by President William Taft an inspector in Immigration Service in 1909, served until his death in Moscow, Idaho on March 30, 1925) <https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.congrec/biderus0001&i=1550> |
| Associated language | eng |
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