Windom
WILLIAM, an American financier; born in Belmont, O., May 10, 1827; began practicing law in Mount Vernon, O., in 1850. In 1852 he was made prosecuting attorney of Knox county, O.
He held this position for three years, when he removed to Minnesota. He was sent to Congress from that State in 1859, and was re-elected to serve four successive terms, a period of 10 years, ending his career in the House in 1869. He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1870 to fill the unexpired term of Daniel S. Norton, deceased. He was also elected WINDOW for the terms ending in 1878 and 1883.
He resigned, however, in 1881 to accept the Treasury portfolio in President Garfield's cabinet, and on his retirement from the cabinet after that President's death he returned to the Senate, where he served the remainder of his term. He became Secretary of the Treasury in President Harrison's cabinet in 1889, and died in New York City, Jan. 29, 1891.