William Davis Vincent (October 11, 1852 – February 28, 1922) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Vincent moved with his parents to

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, in 1858 and to

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, in 1864. He attended the public schools and the State agricultural college in Manhattan, Kansas. Vincent engaged in business in Manhattan 1872–1876. He moved to

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, in 1878 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Vincent was elected as a member of the city council in 1880. He served as member of the State board of railroad commissioners in 1893 and 1894. Vincent was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899). He engaged in the hardware business in

, until his death in

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on February 28, 1922. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center, Kansas.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, William Davis 1852 births 1922 deaths People from Dresden, Tennessee People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas People from Clay Center, Kansas Politicians from Manhattan, Kansas People from Riley County, Kansas Kansas State University alumni Businesspeople from Kansas Kansas city council members Kansas Populists Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas