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William Mutchler (December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the
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William Mutchler (December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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from Pennsylvania
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Biography
William Mutchler (father ofHoward Mutchler
Howard Mutchler (February 12, 1859 – January 4, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Howard Mutchler (son of William Mutchler), was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools ...
) was born in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools and Vandeveer’s Academy in Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a river that joins the Delaware R ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice at Easton. He served as sheriff of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1854 to 1860, and as prothonotary
The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. ''prothonotarius'' ( c. 400), from Greek ''protonotarios'' "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the B ...
of Northampton County from 1861 to 1867. He was adjutant of the Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1863. He was appointed assessor of internal revenue in March 1867 and served until May 1869. He was chairman of the Democratic State committee of Pennsylvania in 1869 and 1870, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions
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from 1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...
until his death.
Mutchler was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress, where he served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1876. He was again elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1884. He was again elected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses, and served until his death in Easton. He was interred in Easton Cemetery
Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania and the burial site of many notable individuals. ''Note:'' This includes
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Easton Cemetery's ...
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See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)References
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