| LC control no. | no 93012814 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Washburn, William B. (William Barrett), 1820-1887 |
| Variant(s) | Washburn, W. B. (William Barrett), 1820-1887 Washburn, Mr. (William Barrett), 1820-1887 |
| See also | Massachusetts. Governor (1872-1874 : Washburn) |
| Birth date | 1820-01-31 |
| Death date | 1887-10-05 |
| Place of birth | Winchendon (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Springfield (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Yale College (1718-1887) Massachusetts. General Court. Senate Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Businessmen Legislators Bankers Governors |
| Found in | Mass. Governor (1872-1874 : Washburn) Address of ... William B. Washburn ... 1872: t.p. (his excellency William B. Washburn) Biographical directory of the Governors of the U.S., 1789-1978, v.2 (Washburn, William Barrett, 1872-1874; b. 1820; d. 1887) The Brazil mail. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2244.), 1870: p. 1 (Mr. W.B. Washburn, from the Committee of Claims) In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875, 1875: p. 1 (Mr. Washburn) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Apr. 17, 2009 (Washburn, William Barrett, a Representative and a Senator from Mass.; b. Jan. 31, 1820; d. Oct. 5, 1887) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Sept. 6, 2016 (Washburn, William Barrett, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass., January 31, 1820; attended Westminster and Hancock Academies and graduated from Yale College in 1844; employed as a store clerk 1844-1847; engaged in manufacturing pursuits in Erving, Franklin County, Mass., 1847-1857; member, State senate 1850; member, State house of representatives 1853-1855; moved to Greenfield in 1858 and engaged in banking; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to December 5, 1871, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-first Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1872-1874, when he resigned, having been elected a Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner and served from April 17, 1874, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection; president of the Greenfield National Bank; member of the board of trustees of several colleges; director of the Connecticut River Railroad; died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., October 5, 1887; interment in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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