| LC control no. | nr 96026110 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923 |
| See also | Vermont. Governor (1888-1890 : Dillingham) |
| Birth date | 18431212 |
| Death date | 19230712 |
| Place of birth | Waterbury, (Vt.) |
| Place of death | Montpelier, (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Bankers |
| Found in | The senator from Utah ... 1907: t.p. (William P. Dillingham) Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 10, 2011 (William Paul Dillingham; b. Dec. 12, 1843-d. Jul. 12, 1923, son of politician Paul Dillingham, Governor of Vermont, 1888-1890) Vermont State Archives WWW site, Mar.. 10, 2011: (William P. Dillingham; governor of Vermont 1888-1890) <http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/officers/pdf/governor.pdf> Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, September 25, 2014 (Dillingham, William Paul, (son of Paul Dillingham, Jr.), a Senator from Vermont; born in Waterbury, Washington County, Vt., December 12, 1843; attended the public schools of Waterbury, Newbury Seminary, and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Waterbury; prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1872-1876; secretary of civil and military affairs 1874-1876; member, State house of representatives 1876, 1884; member, State senate 1878, 1880; State tax commissioner 1882-1888; Governor of Vermont 1888-1890; president of the Waterbury National Bank 1890-1923; trustee of the University of Vermont at Burlington; president of the board of trustees of Montpelier Seminary; elected in 1900 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justin S. Morrill; reelected in 1903, 1909, 1914, and 1920, and served from October 18, 1900, until his death in Montpelier, Vt., July 12, 1923; chairman, Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Immigration (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Privileges and Elections (Sixty-second, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee to Establish the University of the United States (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses); chairman of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910; interment in the Village Cemetery, Waterbury, Vt.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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