William Wallace Kingsbury (June 4, 1828 – April 17, 1892) was a Delegate from the Territory of Minnesota.

Education

Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, he attended the academies at Towanda, and

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. He clerked in a store, became a surveyor, and later moved to Endion, Minnesota (now Duluth) in 1852.

Political life

He became a member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives in 1857 and a delegate to the Minnesota State Constitutional Convention in 1857. Kingsbury was elected as a Democrat to the

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and served from March 4, 1857, to May 11, 1858, when a portion of the Territory was admitted as a State into the Union. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858 and later returned to Towanda in 1865 and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. Kingsbury was engaged as a commission merchant in

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for three years, after which he moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1887. He was involved in real estate and mercantile pursuits until his death there and was interred in Cycadia Cemetery.

Legacy

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsbury, William 1828 births 1892 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American politicians American real estate businesspeople Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota Territory Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature Minnesota Democrats People from Tarpon Springs, Florida People from Towanda, Pennsylvania Politicians from Baltimore Politicians from Duluth, Minnesota