William I. Skinner
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William I. Skinner (October 24, 1812 - February 13, 1891) was an American politician from New York.


Life

He was the son of Josiah Skinner. He lived at Little Falls. He was Sheriff of Herkimer County, New York from 1847 to 1849. In 1853, he was appointed Superintendent of Canal Repairs for Section 4 of the Erie Canal. He was a Canal Commissioner from 1860 to 1865, elected in
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on the Democratic and
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tickets, and re-elected in
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on the Democratic ticket. He was a delegate to the
1864 Democratic National Convention The 1864 Democratic National Convention was held at The Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. The Convention nominated Major General George B. McClellan from New Jersey for president, and Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio for vice president ...
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Sources


''Canal Appointments''
in NYT on February 21, 1853 ives middle initial "J."*Election results i
''A Political Text-book for 1860''
compiled by
Horace Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and newspaper editor, editor of the ''New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressm ...
& John Fitch Cleveland (Tribune Association, 1860)
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406)
New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 400; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

Political Graveyard

Early settlers of Herkimer County {{DEFAULTSORT:Skinner, William I 1812 births 1891 deaths People from Little Falls, New York Erie Canal Commissioners New York (state) Democrats