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About William Lorimer, U.S. Senator
William Lorimer, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Manchester, England, April 27, 1861; immigrated to the United States in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Michigan; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1870; self-educated; apprenticed to the trade of sign painter at the age of ten; worked in the packing houses and for a street railroad company; ward boss and constable 1886; engaged in the real estate business and later as a builder and brick manufacturer; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his resignation, effective June 17, 1909, having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Sixty-second Congress); presented credentials as a Senator-elect to the United States Senate for the term that had commenced March 4, 1909, and served from June 18, 1909, until July 13, 1912, when, after a Senate investigation and acrimonious debate, the Senate adopted a resolution declaring “that corrupt methods and practices were employed in his election, and that the election, therefore, was invalid”; resumed his former pursuits and was president of La Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank 1910-1915; subsequently engaged in the lumber business; died in Chicago, Ill., September 13, 1934; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7672204
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William Lorimer, U.S. Senator's Timeline
| 1861 |
April 27, 1861
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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| 1886 |
April 11, 1886
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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| 1887 |
October 15, 1887
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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| 1899 |
September 19, 1899
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Illinois, USA
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| 1934 |
September 13, 1934
Age 73
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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