William Henry Stone (November 7, 1828 – July 9, 1901) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Stone attended the common schools. He moved to

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, in 1848 and engaged in the manufacture of iron. He became president of the St. Louis Hot Pressed Nut & Bolt Company upon its organization in 1867. He served in the

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. He served as member of the St. Louis Board of Water Commissioners from July 5, 1871, to November 15, 1873, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress. Stone was elected as a

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to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-fourth Congress), Committee on Manufactures (Forty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress, instead resuming business interests. He died in

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on July 9, 1901. He was interred at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, William Henry 1828 births 1901 deaths Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century American politicians