William Kimmel (August 15, 1812 – December 28, 1886) was aU.S. Congressman from thethird district ofMaryland, serving two terms from 1877 to 1881.
Kimmel was born inBaltimore, Maryland, and attended St. Mary’s College and Baltimore College. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Baltimore. He became interested in agricultural and business pursuits, and served as State director of theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, director in theUnion Railroad company, and in theWestern Maryland extension.
Kimmel served as a member of the State Democratic committee from 1862 to 1866, and as a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1864. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1864 to theThirty-ninth Congress, and served as a member of theMaryland State Senate from 1866 until 1871. He served as a director of the Canton Company of Baltimore from 1869 until 1873, and as solicitor and land agent of the company in 1871 and 1872.
Kimmel was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-fifth andForty-sixth Congresses (serving March 4, 1877—March 3, 1881). He resumed the practice of his profession in Baltimore, and died there in 1886. He is interred inLoudon Park Cemetery.
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