LC control no. | no2009182097 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Crain, William Henry, 1848-1896 |
Variant(s) | Crain, Mr. (William Henry), 1848-1896 |
Birth date | 18481125 |
Death date | 18960210 |
Place of birth | Galveston (Tex.) |
Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
Affiliation | St. Francis Xavier's College (New York, N.Y.) Texas. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
Found in | Bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, 1893: p. 1 (Mr. Crain, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Nov. 11, 2009 (Crain, William Henry, a Representative from Tex.; b. Nov. 25, 1848; d. Feb. 10, 1896) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed November 13, 2014 (Crain, William Henry, a Representative from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., November 25, 1848; attended the Christian Brothers' School, New York City, until the age of fourteen, and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier's College, New York City, in 1867; returned to Texas and lived on a ranch for two years; studied law in Indianola, Tex., while teaching school; was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Indianola, Tex.; member of the State senate 1876-1878; district attorney of the twenty-third judicial district of Texas 1872-1876; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1885, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 10, 1896; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-third Congress); interment in Hillside Cemetery, Cuero, Tex.) |