William Boyd Allison
Born: March 2, 1829
Birthplace: Perry, Ohio
Father: John Allison 1798 – 1884
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa)
Mother: Margaret Williams 1799 – 1861
1st Wife: Anna Carter 1832 – 1859
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa)
Married: January 31, 1854 in Ashland Ohio
2nd Wife: Mary Nealley 1849 – 1883
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa)
Married: 1873 in Dubuque, Iowa
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
1849: Graduated from Western Reserve College
Occupation before War:
1852 – 1857: Attorney in Ashland, Ohio
1856: Unsuccessful Candidate for District Attorney
1857 – 1861: Attorney in Dubuque, Iowa
Civil War Career:
Lt. Colonel on the Staff of Governor of Iowa Samuel J. Kirkwood
Helped Raise Regiments in the State of Iowa.
1863 – 1871: United States Congressman from Iowa
1863 – 1865: Member of House Enrolled Bills Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Public Lands Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Roads and Canals Committee
1865: Voted in Support of the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
1865 – 1867: Member of House Interior Department Expenditures
1865 – 1867: member of House Mines and Mining Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1871: United States Congressman from Iowa
1865 – 1867: Member of House Interior Department Expenditures
1865 – 1867: member of House Mines and Mining Committee
1865 – 1871: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1865 – 1871: Advocate for Higher Tariffs
1868: Voted in support of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
1869 – 1871: House Chairman of House Treasury Department Expenditures
1870: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
1871 – 1873: Attorney in Dubuque, Iowa
1873 – 1908: United States Senator from Iowa
1873 – 1881: Member of Senate Appropriations Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of Senate Library Committee
1873 – 1875: Ranking Member of Senate Pensions Committee
1875 – 1879: Senate Chairman of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1875 – 1877: Member of Senate Pensions Committee
1877 – 1885: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1878: Co – Author of Bland – Allison Act
1879 – 1881: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1881 – 1885: Senate Chairman of Appropriations Committee
Turned down a chance to Serve as United States Secretary of Treasury four times.
1884 – 1886: Chairman of Allison Commission
1887 – 1889: Senate Chairman of Appropriations Committee
1887 – 1889: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1888: Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Party Nomination
1891 – 1893: Senate Chairman of Appropriations Committee
1891 – 1893: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1892: Chairman of Brussels Monetary Conference
1895 – 1908: Senate Chairman of Appropriations Committee
1895 – 1908: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1896: Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Party Nomination
1897: Chairman of U.S. Senate Republican Party Caucus
1899 – 1903: Member of Senate Geological Survey Committee
1900: One of the fathers of the Gold Standard Act
1903 – 1908: Member of Senate Organization and Conduct Executive Department
Died: August 4, 1908
Place of Death: Dubuque, Iowa
Cause of Death: Kidney Disease and Prostate Enlargement
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa
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