Windom, William
lawyer, congressman, cabinet officer, United States senator, was born May 10, 1827, in Belmont county, Ohio. He moved to Minnesota in 1853; and was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth and thirty-ninth congresses. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress, serving on old committees; and in 1870 was appointed a senator in congress to fill a vacancy; and subsequently elected for the term ending in 1877. He was re-elected for the term ending in 1883; and resigned in 1881 to become secretary of the treasury; and was re-elected to fill a vacancy caused by his own resignation. He died Jan. 29, 1891, in New York.