William Harris Douglas (December 5, 1853 – January 27, 1944) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in
New York City
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, Douglas attended private schools and the
College of the City of New York.
He entered the exporting and importing trade business.
Congress
Douglas was elected as a
Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
to the
Fifty-seventh and
Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904.
Later career
He resumed his former business pursuits.
He served as delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...
,
1912, and
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
.
Death and burial
He died in New York City on January 27, 1944, and was interred in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent burying ground at the Old Dutch ...
,
Tarrytown, New York
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.
References
External links
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1853 births
1944 deaths
20th-century American legislators
Politicians from New York City
Burials at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
City College of New York alumni