 Born:10-May-1827
Birthplace:Belmont County, OH
Died:29-Jan-1891
Location of death:New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried,Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
Gender: Male
Religion:Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91 Father: Hezekiah Windom
Mother: Mary Spencer Windom
Wife: Ellen Towne Hatch (m. 20-Aug-1856, one son, two daughters)
Son: William Douglas (b. 1859, d. 1926)
Daughter: Ellen Hatch ("Nellie", b. 1866, d. 1941)
Daughter: Florence Bronson (b. 1870)
Law School: Martinsburg Academy, Mount Vernon, OH
US Secretary of the Treasury (1889-91)
US Senator, Minnesota (1881-83)
US Secretary of the Treasury (1881)
US Senator, Minnesota (1871-81)
US Senator, Minnesota (1870-71)
US Congressman, Minnesota 1st (1863-69)
US Congressman, Minnesota at Large (1859-63)
Republican National Committee (1866-68)
Portrait on American currency $2 silver certificate
Is the subject of books:
William Windom, Apostle of Positive Government,1993, Robert S. Salisbury, (biography)
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