William Carlile Arnold (July 15, 1851 – March 20, 1906) was a

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member of the

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from

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. William C. Arnold was born in

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. He attended the public schools and

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in

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, and practiced in

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and Du Bois,

. Arnold was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898. He resumed the practice of law in Clearfield County and died in

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, while on a business trip. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville.

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* 1851 births 1906 deaths 19th-century American politicians People from Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Phillips Academy alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub