William Griggs Stahlnecker (June 20, 1849 – March 26, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a

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from

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from 1885 to 1893.

Biography

Born in

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, Stahlnecker moved with his parents to Brooklyn and later to New York City. He pursued an academic course and attended

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in New York City. He studied law. He was admitted to practice. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the

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. He moved to Yonkers in 1880.

Political career

He served as

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from 1884 to 1886. He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention at Saratoga in June 1884. He served as delegate to the

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in 1884.

Congress

Stahlnecker was elected as a

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to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893).

Later career and death

He engaged in the practice of law. He died in

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, March 26, 1902. He was interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,

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