William Edward Finck (September 1, 1822 – January 25, 1901) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Finck attended the public schools and St. Joseph's College (Ohio). He studied law. He was

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in 1843 and commenced practice in

. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. He served as member of the State senate in 1851. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852. He was again a member of the State senate in 1861. Finck was elected as a

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to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867). He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for judge of the

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in 1868 and 1876. Finck was elected as a

to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugh J. Jewett and served from December 7, 1874, to March 3, 1875. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, January 25, 1901. He was interred in Holy Trinity Cemetery.

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