William Randolph Steele (July 24, 1842 – November 30, 1901) was a Delegate from the

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. Born in

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, Steele received an academic education. He studied law. He was

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and practiced. During the

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served in the Second Army Corps from 1861 to 1865. He was discharged with the rank of captain and brevet lieutenant colonel. He moved to the Territory of Wyoming in 1869 and engaged in the practice of law in Cheyenne. Steele was elected as a member of the Territorial legislative council in 1871 and served until March 4, 1873, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress. Steele was elected as a

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to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress. He moved to

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, and resumed the practice of law. He served as mayor of Deadwood 1894-1896. He died in Deadwood November 30, 1901. He was interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, William Randolph 1842 births 1901 deaths Politicians from New York City Mayors of places in South Dakota People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Members of the Wyoming Territorial Legislature Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming Territory Wyoming Democrats Union Army officers 19th-century American politicians