Identifier: historyofillinoi00raum (find matches)
Title: History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Raum, Green B. (Green Berry), 1829-1909
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S.)
Publisher: Chicago, Rollins Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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have always had his first and carefulattention. He has never allowed anything to stand in the way of their properperformance. He has, however, been prominent in politics for many years. Hehas been for eighteen years the member from Boone County of the Congres-sional Committee of his district. He has repeatedly been a delegate to StateConventions, and has also been an alternate delegate to the National RepublicanConvention. During the late war with Spain he was appointed Surgeon of the12th Illinois Infantry, with the rank of Major. This regiment, however, wasnever called upon for active service. Dr. Whitman is a prominent member of the American Institute ofHomeopathy, of the Illinois State Homeopathic Society and of the AmericanMedico-Psychological Society. He was married on January 21, 1877, to ^lissFrances Pier of Belvidere, who has proven herself a worthy helpmeet in everysense of the word, and is entitled to a large share of credit for the success whichhas attended his efforts. 644
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j. /yzuM^ cc^ejt^ 645 WILLIAM P. WILLIAMS. One of the most prominent of the younger Republicans of Chicago is Wil-liam P. Williams, present Assistant Treasurer of the United States. In acomparatively short time he has acquired a high reputation as a ready, fluentand convincing orator. He was born July 2, 1855, at Pompey, OnondagaCounty, N. Y., his parents being Porter B. and Mary H. Williams, the formerof whom is dead. The mother is yet living in Buffalo, N. Y. When the subjectof this sketch was about two years old his parents moved to Buffalo, N. Y., andthere continued to reside until 1869, when, on account of the fathers failinghealth, the family moved to Aiken, S. C. William P. Williams was prepared for college at Charleston, S. C, wherehe early showed great capacity and unusual taste for literature and publicspeaking. In 1877, having thoroughly prepared himself for a collegiate career,he entered Union College at Schenectady, N- Y., and took a full classical course,graduating with

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