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
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...
on the Democratic and
American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
tickets, and re-elected in
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
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 ...
.
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
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1812 births
1891 deaths
People from Little Falls, New York
Erie Canal Commissioners
New York (state) Democrats