William W. Chalmers | |
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 1921 or 1922 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac R. Sherwood |
| Succeeded by | Isaac R. Sherwood |
| In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac R. Sherwood |
| Succeeded by | Wilbur M. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Wallace Chalmers (1861-11-01)November 1, 1861 Strathroy, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | October 1, 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 82) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Section 66, Lot 273 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Michigan State Normal School Heidelberg University |
William Wallace Chalmers (November 1, 1861 – October 1, 1944) was an American educator who served as president of the University of Toledo and as aU.S. Representative fromOhio.
Born inStrathroy,Canada West, Chalmers moved with his parents to Kent County, nearGrand Rapids, Michigan, in 1865.He attended the public schools, and Michigan State Normal School.He graduated from theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1887, fromEureka College in 1889, and fromHeidelberg University,Tiffin, Ohio, in 1904.He was a teacher and principal of schools until 1890.Superintendent of schools inGrand Rapids, Michigan from 1890 to 1898 and inToledo, Ohio from 1898 to 1905.
He served as president of theUniversity of Toledo in 1904.He engaged at different periods in farming, lumbering and, in the real-estate and insurance business atToledo, Ohio.
Chalmers was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to theSixty-eighth Congress.
Chalmers was elected to theSixty-ninth,Seventieth, andSeventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930.
He died inIndianapolis, Indiana, on October 1, 1944.He was interred inCrown Hill Cemetery.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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| 1920 | Isaac R. Sherwood: 38,292 |  YWilliam W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 49,732 | Karl E. Pauli: 47 |
| 1922 | YIsaac R. Sherwood: 45,059 | William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 42,712 | (none) |
| 1924 | Isaac R. Sherwood (Incumbent): 48,482 | YWilliam W. Chalmers: 54,792 | Millard Price (Prohibition): 2,159 John Kocinski: 747 |
| 1926 | C. W. Davis: 23,947 | YWilliam W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 47,331 | George F. Parrish (TRI): 1,110 Millard Price (Socialist): 1,018 |
| 1928 | William P. Clarke: 50,601 | YWilliam W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 82,560 | Charles V. Stephenson (Workers): 190 |
| 1930 | Scott Stahl: 36,375 | YWilbur M. White: 49,498 | (none) |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 9th congressional district March 4, 1921–March 3, 1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 9th congressional district March 4, 1925–March 3, 1931 | Succeeded by |
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