| LC control no. | no2014138964 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Skiles, William W. (William Woodburn), 1849-1904 |
| Birth date | 18491211 |
| Death date | 19040109 |
| Place of birth | Stoughstown (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Shelby (Ohio) |
| Affiliation | Baldwin University (Berea, Ohio) United States. Congress. House Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | William W. Skiles (late a representative from Ohio), 1905: title page (William W. Skiles) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, October 21, 2014 (Skiles, William Woodburn, a Representative from Ohio; born in Stoughstown, Cumberland County, Pa., December 11, 1849, moved with his parents to Richland County, Ohio, in 1854; attended the district schools; taught school for several years; was graduated from Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, in 1876; studied law; was admitted to the bar July 24, 1878, and commenced the practice of his profession in Shelby, Ohio; interested as a stockholder and director in various manufacturing enterprises; president of the Citizens Bank from 1893 until his death; president and member of the city school board 1885-1904; member of the Republican State central committee 1900-1904; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, January 9, 1904; chairman, Committee on Patents (Fifty-eighth Congress); interment in Oakland Cemetery. |
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