English, William E
business man, legislator, author, is a son of William H.
English, statesman and historian, and was born Nov. 3, 1854, in Lexington, Ind. Since his childhood he has resided in Indianapolis, Ind., where he controls large financial interests, being the owner of English's Opera-house, English's hotel, English's block and numerous other buildings. In 1878 he was elected a representative in the Indiana state legislature; and in 1882 was elected a representative in the United States congress. He was a delegate to the national democratic conventions of 1892 and 1896. He is park commissioner of the city of Indianapolis. He is the author of The History of Early Masonry in Indiana, and various other works.
WILLIAM H., lawyer, ENGLISH, statesman, historian, financier, was born Aug. 27, 1822, in Lexington, Ind. He was secretary of the Indiana constitutional convention in 1850; speaker of the Indiana house of representatives in 1851; member of the cona United States gress during 1852-60; and in 1880 was the democratic nominee for vice-president of the United States.
For fourteen years he was president of the First National bank of Indianapolis; was president of the Indiana Historical society; and the author of the noted work entitled Conquest of the Northwest and History of Indiana. He died Feb. 7, 1896, in Indianapolis, Ind. was ENLOE, BENJAMIN AUGUSTINE, lawyer, journalist, congressman, born Jan. 18, 1848, in Clarksburg, Tenn.
He was elected a member of the house of representatives of the general assembly of the state, at the age of twenty-one years; and re-elected under the new constitution of 1870. He was president of the Tennessee Press association in 1883-84; and edited the Jackson Tribune and Sun from 1874 till 1886. He was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fiftythird congresses as a democrat.